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OLD UNION WATER SYSTEM: EPA violation history, explained

OLD UNION WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 3,749, over 1,420 connections.

How this compares nationally

218 total violations and 6 health-based ones put OLD UNION WATER SYSTEM at the 78th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,898 of 12,903.

Against the MS average

MS's 349 covered systems average 3.2 health-based violations each; OLD UNION WATER SYSTEM carries 6, more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

OLD UNION WATER SYSTEM's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-02-02, with the most recent health-based one dated 2011-01-06. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.

The concern categories on record

OLD UNION WATER SYSTEM'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 OLD UNION WATER SYSTEM's record does not cover

Everything on this page is OLD UNION WATER SYSTEM'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 OLD UNION WATER SYSTEM's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,898th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.