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Town of Alligator

Serves Alligator, Bolivar County, MS · 211 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 11 monitoring/reporting issues for Town of Alligator in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • MS0060001
  • ALLIGATOR
  • MS
  • 211 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 38720
EPA system ID MS0060001

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
11

Key facts

  • Town of Alligator draws water from 2 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
  • Record on file since 2005, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.

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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.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
Treatment technique failure
 350 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2025 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Apr 1, 2025 Resolved
Nitrite
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Nitrate-Nitrite
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Nitrite
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Nitrate-Nitrite
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2024 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2020 Resolved

Full record since 2005

EPA's records for Town of Alligator go back to 2005. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 136 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 1 75
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 61
2020s 1 11

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began April 2005, Resolved.

Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 1, 2005 Resolved

What the violations mean

LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS

1 incident

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Where the water comes from

Town of Alligator draws water from 2 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).

Annual water quality report

Town of Alligator 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.

Systems serving 500 or fewer people may meet the rule by telling customers the report is available on request, so you may need to ask Town of Alligator for a copy.

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Testing your own water

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