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Town of Florence

Serves an area of Rankin County, MS that includes Florence · 5,824 people served

Federal records show 6 health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Town of Florence in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) violation.

  • MS0610009
  • FLORENCE
  • MS
  • 5,824 served

System profile

Source water Groundwater
ZIP 39073
EPA system ID MS0610009

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
6
Resolved
4
Unresolved
0
Archived by EPA
2
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
2

Key facts

  • Town of Florence draws water from 4 wells.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), 0.101 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit), 2024.
  • Most recent enforcement action: boil water order by Mississippi, September 1999.
  • Record on file since 1998, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 1,938 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 0.101 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 220 Jan 1, 2024 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.099 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2023 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 Jul 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 Apr 1, 2023 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.089 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2022 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.061 mg/L, federal limit 0.06 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2022 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Public Notice
OTHER
 Oct 25, 2023 Resolved
Chlorine
Monitoring and reporting
 Jul 1, 2020 Resolved

Full record since 1998

EPA's records for Town of Florence go back to 1998. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 268 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 1 0
2000s 0 124
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 144
2020s 6 2

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began December 1998, Archived.

Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Dec 17, 1998 Archived

Enforcement actions

Mississippi regulators issued 1 boil water order to Town of Florence in 1999. The most recent was a boil water order in September 1999.

Date By Action Violations covered
Sep 6, 1999 Mississippi Boil water order 1 violation

What the violations mean

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

5 incidents

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

1 incident

Haloacetic acid byproducts exceeded the federal limit

Long-term exposure to HAAs may increase cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Town of Florence draws water from 4 wells.

Annual water quality report

Town of Florence 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.

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Testing your own water

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