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Jackson County, Mississippi

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MS059 · Jackson County 36 sys · 11,232 viol · #424/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 94.4% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 3.4% health
  • RANK-TOP #424/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.3 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 94%
  • SYS-SMALL 36 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Pike County ( -0.3 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Jackson County ranks #424 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #5 of 82 counties in Mississippi. See methodology · corpus placement.

Jackson County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 94.4% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 3.4% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #424 of 3,254 · #5 of 82 in Mississippi.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Jackson County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Hinds · lowest Grenada · near Jones · near Issaquena · highest 75.9% 94.1% 94.1% 94.4% 95.7% 95.8% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
West Jackson Co Utility Dist 28,544 3,503 Clean
City of Ocean Springs 26,168 1,403 Clean
City of Pascagoula 22,686 295 Clean
City of Gautier 22,253 796 Clean
City of Moss Point 12,524 631 Clean
Ingalls Shipbuilding 12,000 13 Clean
Jackson Co Utility Authority-East 6,270 40 Clean
Jackson Co Utility Authority-West 6,178 76 Clean
Gulf Park 4,813 1,241 Clean
Chevron USA 1,600 192 -
Ocean Beach 1,407 606 -
Houston Estates Utility-Palmetto Pointe 713 244 -
Quick Break, LLC 600 3 -
Helena Utility District 497 8 -
Dollar General #18933 380 10 -
Naval Station-Pascagoula 300 113 -
The Oaks of Moss Point 300 66 -
Dollar General #22276 250 10 -
Magnolia Point 190 0 -
Presley's Outing #1 148 14 -
Presley's Outing #2 148 19 -
Colonial Estates # 3 140 266 -
Rouses 137 241 -
Bluff Creek Mobile Home Park 124 438 -
Jackson Co Utility Authority-Helena Park 108 435 -
Orange Grove RV Park 108 0 -
Jackson Co. E Port Authority 100 25 -
Jackson Co West Port Auth. 100 22 -
Jackson Co Welcome Center 100 8 -
Brown's Corner Store 100 4 -
Dollar General #22212 68 13 -
Simply Seafood & Catering 34 17 -
Krebs Trailer Plaza 33 293 -
Gulf Lng Clean Energy Potable Water Plan 25 2 -
Seafood Shack Market & Deli 25 13 -
Midway Food Mart 25 172 -

Compare beyond Mississippi

Mid-flagged peers for Jackson County

Cross-state counties nearest Jackson County on flagged-system share (94.4%) and cumulative violation count (11,232). 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

Read our methodology · Check your water system - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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

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