Is NORTH TALLAHATCHIE W/A's water safe to drink?
NORTH TALLAHATCHIE W/A had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. 3,089 people get their water from it, across 1,170 connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, NORTH TALLAHATCHIE W/A ranks 3,344th by violation burden (74th percentile) - 162 violations total, 5 health-baseds.
How NORTH TALLAHATCHIE W/A compares within MS
MS's 349 covered systems average 3.2 health-based violations each; NORTH TALLAHATCHIE W/A carries 5, 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 TALLAHATCHIE W/A is from 2025-05-10 (health-based: 2025-05-10). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
NORTH TALLAHATCHIE W/A'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
Everything on this page is NORTH TALLAHATCHIE W/A's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and NORTH TALLAHATCHIE W/A's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 3,344th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.