Is PEARL RIVER CENTRAL W/A's water safe to drink?
PEARL RIVER CENTRAL W/A has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 11,830 people through 4,481 service connections.
PEARL RIVER CENTRAL W/A's record against the rest of the country
205 total violations and 1 health-based ones put PEARL RIVER CENTRAL W/A at the 45th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 7,128 of 12,903.
Against the MS average
Among the 349 MS systems in this dataset, the average is 3.2 health-based violations - PEARL RIVER CENTRAL W/A's 1 is at or below that. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
PEARL RIVER CENTRAL W/A's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2012-01-08. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
The concern categories on record
PEARL RIVER CENTRAL 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:
- 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 PEARL RIVER CENTRAL W/A's record does not cover
Everything on this page is PEARL RIVER CENTRAL W/A'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 205 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.