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West Lamar Water Assn #1, MS Water Quality

What's in West Lamar Water Assn #1's water?

Past violation
4 health-based violations

West Lamar Water Assn #1 has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 18,491, over 7,075 connections.

How this compares nationally

Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, West Lamar Water Assn #1 ranks 3,889th by violation burden (70th percentile) - 187 violations total, 4 health-based.

Against the MS average

West Lamar Water Assn #1's 4 health-based violations sit above the MS average of 3.1, across 361 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.

Most recent violation on record

West Lamar Water Assn #1's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2015-01-06. Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.

The concern categories on record

West Lamar Water Assn #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:

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 West Lamar Water Assn #1's record does not cover

This is what West Lamar Water Assn #1 reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. This record - 4 health-based violations on file for West Lamar Water Assn #1 - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.