DrinkingWaterCheck

Is HAMILTON WATER DISTRICT's water safe to drink?

HAMILTON WATER DISTRICT has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 4,029, over 1,526 connections.

Ranked against every other system in this dataset

Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, HAMILTON WATER DISTRICT ranks 5,695th by violation burden (56th percentile) - 196 violations total, 2 health-baseds.

Against the MS average

HAMILTON WATER DISTRICT's 2 health-based violations sit within the MS average of 3.2, across 349 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

HAMILTON WATER DISTRICT's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 1998-05-08. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.

The concern categories on record

HAMILTON WATER DISTRICT'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:

The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.

What HAMILTON WATER DISTRICT's record does not cover

HAMILTON WATER DISTRICT's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Between the utility's meter and HAMILTON WATER DISTRICT's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,695th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.