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City of Olive Branch

Serves Olive Branch, Bridgetown and Southaven, DeSoto County, MS · 54,025 people served

Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for City of Olive Branch in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Combined Radium (-226 and -228) violation.

  • MS0170015
  • OLIVE BRANCH
  • MS
  • 54,025 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 38654
EPA system ID MS0170015

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
1
Resolved
1
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
3

Key facts

  • City of Olive Branch draws water from 11 wells.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Combined Radium (-226 and -228), 5.7 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (1.1 times the limit), 2010.
  • Most recent enforcement action: boil water order by Mississippi, May 1998.
  • Record on file since 1995, with 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 25,625 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
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 5.7 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (1.1 times the limit)
 340 Jan 1, 2010 Resolved No

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.
Public Notice
OTHER
 Jun 1, 2018 Resolved

Full record since 1995

EPA's records for City of Olive Branch go back to 1995. Before October 19, 2016 they list 6 health-based violations (2 resolved, 4 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 88 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 1 1
2000s 4 86
2010 to October 18, 2016 1 1
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 1
2020s 0 2

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Combined Radium (-226 and -228), began January 2010, Resolved.

Show all 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 5.7 pCi/L, federal limit 5 pCi/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2010 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 2007 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jun 9, 2003 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Mar 12, 2003 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Nov 21, 2002 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jun 1, 1996 Archived

Enforcement actions

Mississippi regulators issued 1 boil water order to City of Olive Branch in 1998. The most recent was a boil water order in May 1998.

Date By Action Violations covered
May 6, 1998 Mississippi Boil water order 1 violation

What the violations mean

Combined Radium (-226 and -228)

1 incident

Test results for Combined Radium (-226 and -228) were above the federal limit (a maximum contaminant level violation).

The utility had to notify customers about this violation.

Where the water comes from

City of Olive Branch draws water from 11 wells.

Annual water quality report

City of Olive Branch 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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