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Clarksdale Public Utilities

Serves Clarksdale, Coahoma County, MS · 14,903 people served

Federal records show 6 health-based violations and 6 monitoring/reporting issues for Clarksdale Public Utilities in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) violation.

  • MS0140002
  • CLARKSDALE
  • MS
  • 14,903 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 38614
EPA system ID MS0140002

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
6
Resolved
6
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
6

Key facts

  • Clarksdale Public Utilities draws water from 7 wells.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), 0.105 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit), 2024.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Mississippi, November 1991.
  • Record on file since 1991, with 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 7,621 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.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.095 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 220 Jan 1, 2025 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.105 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2024 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2024 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.081 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2023 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.083 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2022 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.105 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2022 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
 Oct 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2025 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2025 Active
Public Notice
OTHER
 Dec 19, 2024 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Feb 11, 2024 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Mar 10, 2023 Resolved

Full record since 1991

EPA's records for Clarksdale Public Utilities go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list 6 health-based violations (6 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 189 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 5 0
2000s 1 189
2020s 6 6

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began May 2000, Archived.

Show all 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 May 12, 2000 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Dec 1, 1993 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 11, 1991 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Aug 1, 1991 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 May 1, 1991 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 1, 1991 Archived

Enforcement actions

Mississippi regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Clarksdale Public Utilities in 1991. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in November 1991.

Date By Action Violations covered
Nov 22, 1991 Mississippi Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform

What the violations mean

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

6 incidents

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Clarksdale Public Utilities draws water from 7 wells. 1 other community water system buys water from Clarksdale Public Utilities.

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Clarksdale Public Utilities 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 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.

Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search

Testing your own water

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