Is NORTH DECATUR W/A #1's water safe to drink?
NORTH DECATUR W/A #1 has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 2,455 people through 930 service connections.
NORTH DECATUR W/A #1's record against the rest of the country
NORTH DECATUR W/A #1 has 142 violations on record in total, 2 of thems health-based - ranking it 5,731th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 56th percentile nationally.
How NORTH DECATUR W/A #1 compares within MS
MS's 349 covered systems average 3.2 health-based violations each; NORTH DECATUR W/A #1 carries 2, 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 NORTH DECATUR W/A #1 is from 2024-01-01 (health-based: 2007-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
NORTH DECATUR W/A #1'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:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
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 this data is and is not
Everything on this page is NORTH DECATUR W/A #1's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 142 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.