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Ethel Rural Water Association

Serves an area of Attala County, MS · 1,544 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Ethel Rural Water Association in the last ten years.

  • MS0040003
  • ETHEL
  • MS
  • 1,544 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 39067
EPA system ID MS0040003

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
2

Key facts

  • Ethel Rural Water Association draws water from 2 wells.
  • Most recent enforcement action: boil water order by Mississippi, October 2011.
  • Record on file since 1991, with 2 health-based violations before October 20, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 705 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

None since October 2016.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2024 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.

Full record since 1991

EPA's records for Ethel Rural Water Association go back to 1991. Before October 20, 2016 they list 2 health-based violations (1 resolved, 1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 237 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 1 6
2000s 0 163
2010 to October 19, 2016 1 68
2020s 0 2

Most recent health-based violation before October 20, 2016: Groundwater Rule, began February 2014, Resolved.

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Contaminant Start date Status
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Feb 1, 2014 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Nov 1, 1992 Archived

Enforcement actions

Mississippi regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Ethel Rural Water Association and issued 2 boil water orders between 1998 and 2011. The most recent was a boil water order in October 2011.

Date By Action Violations covered
Oct 17, 2011 Mississippi Boil water order 1 violation: Total Coliform
Aug 4, 2006 Mississippi Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations: Consumer Confidence Rule
Dec 23, 1998 Mississippi Boil water order 1 violation

Where the water comes from

Ethel Rural Water Association draws water from 2 wells.

Annual water quality report

Ethel Rural Water Association must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.

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Testing your own water

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