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Coahoma Community College

Serves an area of Coahoma County, MS · 2,000 people served

Federal records show 5 health-based violations and 11 monitoring/reporting issues for Coahoma Community College in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS violation.

  • MS0140033
  • CLARKSDALE
  • MS
  • 2,000 served

System profile

Source water Purchased groundwater
ZIP 38614
EPA system ID MS0140033

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
5
Resolved
5
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
11

Key facts

  • Coahoma Community College buys its water from Clarksdale Public Utilities.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), 0.112 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.4 times the limit), 2022.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: penalty complaint settled by consent order or decree by EPA, August 2001.
  • Record on file since 1991, with 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 36 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
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.084 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2022 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.112 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 220 Jan 1, 2022 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.093 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2021 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.093 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 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
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2024 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2024 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Oct 1, 2023 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2023 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Apr 1, 2023 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Mar 10, 2023 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2021 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2021 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
 Jan 1, 2021 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, 2021 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 Coahoma Community College go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list 3 health-based violations (3 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 7 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 3 6
2000s 0 1
2020s 5 11

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began November 1999, Archived.

Show all 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Nov 11, 1999 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 12, 1995 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 1994 Archived

Enforcement actions

Mississippi regulators and EPA took 3 formal enforcement actions against Coahoma Community College and issued 1 boil water order between 1999 and 2001. The most recent was a penalty complaint settled by consent order or decree in August 2001.

Date By Action Violations covered
Aug 7, 2001 EPA Penalty complaint settled by consent order or decree 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Aug 7, 2001 EPA Complaint seeking a penalty 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
May 25, 2000 EPA Compliance order (no penalty) 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule
Nov 11, 1999 Mississippi Boil water order 1 violation

What the violations mean

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

4 incidents

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

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

Coahoma Community College buys its water from Clarksdale Public Utilities. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Coahoma Community College 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.

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

Testing your own water

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