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Benton County, Mississippi

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MS009 · Benton County 6 sys · 2,385 viol · #2730/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-NONE · SRC-GW · SYS-TINY · BOOK-MOST

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 4.3% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #2730/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-TINY 6 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Benton County ranks #2,730 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #80 of 82 counties in Mississippi. See methodology · corpus placement.

Benton 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 4.3% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Benton County . Population served ranks #2,730 of 3,254 · #80 of 82 in Mississippi.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Benton County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Benton 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
Town of Ashland 1,977 558 -
Town of Hickory Flat 1,423 568 -
Town of Snow Lake Shores 834 313 -
Blackjack Development Assn 644 599 -
North Benton W/A 449 321 -
Town of Potts Camp #2 390 26 -

Compare beyond Mississippi

Mid-flagged peers for Benton County

Cross-state counties nearest Benton County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (2,385). 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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