ETHEL RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION

ETHEL, MS · ~1,544 people served

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100

Excellent

PurityRadar safety score

PWSID

MS0040003

State

Mississippi

City

ETHEL

Population served

1,544

Primary source

Groundwater

Score history

No change since tracking began Jun 18, 2026.

Jun 18, 2026 · score 100 Jun 18, 2026 · score 100

2 score updates logged since tracking began Jun 18, 2026. Each future EPA re-score adds a point.

PFAS & contaminant readings

No PFAS detections are on record for this system from EPA’s UCMR5 monitoring (2023–25). Absence of a detection isn’t a guarantee — not every system was sampled, and this dataset doesn’t cover other contaminants.

Violations & enforcement

232

Violations on record

Unaddressed

Health-based

130

Enforcement actions

From EPA ECHO (SDWIS), most recent enforcement Jan 2025. Official EPA record →

Treatment technique · EPA contaminant 0700 health-based began Feb 2014 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · Combined radium-226/228 began Oct 2012 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 4030 began Oct 2012 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 4020 began Oct 2012 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · Combined radium-226/228 began Jul 2012 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 4020 began Jul 2012 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 4030 began Jul 2012 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 4030 began Apr 2012 Resolved

Monitoring & reporting · EPA contaminant 4020 began Apr 2012 Resolved

Recent enforcement actions

State action · SO+ Jan 2025
State action · SIE Mar 2021
State action · SFJ Mar 2021
State action · SOX Feb 2021
State action · SIF Feb 2021
State action · SIF Mar 2014
State action · SIE Mar 2014
State action · SOX Mar 2014

Area water-quality monitoring

Environmental monitoring (rivers, wells, intakes) recorded in this system’s service area in the EPA/USGS Water Quality Portal since 2018 — source/ambient water, not finished tap water. Context for the watershed, not a reading from your tap.

ContaminantMedian · max · samples

Nitrate

1 station · latest Jul 2025

0.33 · max 0.81 mg/L · 19

Source: Water Quality Portal (EPA/USGS/state agencies). Values are as-reported and aren’t health thresholds.

This profile is built from EPA public records for system MS0040003 — SDWIS violations and UCMR5 PFAS sampling. The score is system-level and can’t account for your home’s plumbing (older pipes can add lead at the tap). For health decisions, check your exact address, read the utility’s Consumer Confidence Report, and confirm with your provider.