Public water system record
Town of Utica
Serves Utica, Hinds County, MS · 673 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 19 monitoring/reporting issues for Town of Utica in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 19
Key facts
- Town of Utica draws water from 2 wells.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Mississippi, July 2021.
- Record on file since 1991, with 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 427 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2023 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Oct 4, 2021 | Active |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2021 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Mar 13, 2021 | Active |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2021 |
Active
Enforcement action in place
|
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2020 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2020 |
Active
Enforcement action in place
|
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Sep 28, 2019 | Active |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
|
Sep 1, 2019 |
Active
Enforcement action in place
|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2019 | Active |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
|
Jan 1, 2019 | Resolved |
|
Nitrite
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
|
Nitrate
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2019 |
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, 2019 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2018 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2017 | Resolved |
Full record since 1991
EPA's records for Town of Utica go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list 3 health-based violations (1 resolved, 2 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 82 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 | 2 |
| 2000s | 2 | 49 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 1 | 31 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 9 |
| 2020s | 0 | 10 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began May 2015, Resolved.
Show all 3 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
May 1, 2015 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 2006 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Aug 1, 2006 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
Mississippi regulators and EPA took 2 formal enforcement actions against Town of Utica and issued 2 boil water orders between 2000 and 2021. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in July 2021.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2021 | Mississippi | Compliance order (no penalty) | 7 violations: Lead and Copper Rule, Revised Total Coliform Rule, Nitrate-Nitrite, Nitrite, Nitrate |
| May 27, 2015 | Mississippi | Boil water order | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| May 25, 2000 | EPA | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| Mar 11, 2000 | Mississippi | Boil water order | 1 violation |
Where the water comes from
Town of Utica draws water from 2 wells.
Annual water quality report
Town of Utica 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
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Mississippi.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells