What's in EAST PONTOTOC WATER ASSN's water?
EAST PONTOTOC WATER ASSN had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 5,170 people get their water from it, across 1,477 connections.
How this compares nationally
EAST PONTOTOC WATER ASSN has 222 violations on record in total, 3 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,641th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 64th percentile nationally.
How EAST PONTOTOC WATER ASSN compares within MS
Among the 349 MS systems in this dataset, the average is 3.2 health-based violations - EAST PONTOTOC WATER ASSN's 3 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for EAST PONTOTOC WATER ASSN is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
EAST PONTOTOC WATER ASSN's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Lead & copper - flagged from: LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
The most severe category on record is lead & copper, which points toward a lead-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what EAST PONTOTOC WATER ASSN reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Between the utility's meter and EAST PONTOTOC WATER ASSN's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,641th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.