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Alcorn County, Mississippi

8 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 38,985 people in Alcorn County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

8
SDWIS water systems Smaller third of counties
4,326
Total violations Upper third of counties
100.0%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
25.0%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (4 tested) Middle third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MS003 · Alcorn County 8 sys · 4,326 viol · #1139/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-MID · SRC-GW · SYS-TINY · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 0.6% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1139/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-MID 25.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 88%
  • SYS-TINY 8 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: DeSoto County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Alcorn County ranks #1,139 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #20 of 82 counties in Mississippi. See methodology · corpus placement.

Alcorn County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 100.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 0.6% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 25.0% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,139 of 3,254 · #20 of 82 in Mississippi.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Alcorn County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Alcorn County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Hinds · lowest Issaquena · highest Rankin · near Forrest · near 75.9% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
City of Corinth 15,000 1,427 Detected
Farmington Water Association 6,925 470 Clean
Kossuth W/a #3-Pine Mountain 5,790 539 Clean
Alcorn W/a #1-Indian Springs 5,456 477 Clean
Prentiss-Alcorn Water Assn 2,318 318 -
Alcorn W/a #2-Biggersville 1,365 269 -
Kossuth W/a #2-Bethlehem 1,204 271 -
Town of Rienzi 927 555 -

Compare beyond Mississippi

Mid-flagged peers for Alcorn County

Cross-state counties nearest Alcorn County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (4,326). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers
Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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