MACON ELECTRIC & WATER DEPT.: EPA violation history, explained
MACON ELECTRIC & WATER DEPT. had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 5,174, over 1,960 connections.
MACON ELECTRIC & WATER DEPT.'s record against the rest of the country
MACON ELECTRIC & WATER DEPT. has 252 violations on record in total, 3 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,627th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 64th percentile nationally.
How MACON ELECTRIC & WATER DEPT. compares within MS
MS's 349 covered systems average 3.2 health-based violations each; MACON ELECTRIC & WATER DEPT. carries 3, not more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for MACON ELECTRIC & WATER DEPT. is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
MACON ELECTRIC & WATER DEPT.'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
MACON ELECTRIC & WATER DEPT.'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 MACON ELECTRIC & WATER DEPT.'s customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,627th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.