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Town of Lula

Serves Lula, Coahoma County, MS · 310 people served

Federal records show 3 health-based violations and 6 monitoring/reporting issues for Town of Lula in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • MS0140005
  • LULA
  • MS
  • 310 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 38644
EPA system ID MS0140005

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
3
Resolved
3
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
6

Key facts

  • Town of Lula draws water from 2 wells (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
  • Record on file since 1991, with 0 health-based violations before October 20, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 137 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
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
Treatment technique failure
 350 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved No
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
 140 Dec 14, 2021 Resolved No
Groundwater Rule
Treatment technique failure
 140 Dec 14, 2021 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS
RPT
 Oct 17, 2024 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2024 Resolved
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved
Nitrite
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2019 Resolved
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2019 Resolved
Nitrate-Nitrite
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2019 Resolved

Full record since 1991

EPA's records for Town of Lula go back to 1991. Before October 20, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 69 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 4
2000s 0 41
2010 to October 19, 2016 0 24
October 20, 2016 to 2019 0 4
2020s 3 2

What the violations mean

Groundwater Rule

2 incidents

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the Groundwater Rule requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about each of these violations.

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

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Town of Lula 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 Lula for a copy.

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

Testing your own water

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