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Kemper County, Mississippi

Water Systems
12
Population Served
12,295
Total Violations
3,391
17 health-based
PFAS Detected
0
of 0 tested

Violation Analysis

91.7%
Systems with Violations
282.6
Avg Violations per System
0.5%
Health-Based Violations

Water Source Types

GW
12 systems (100%)

Compliance Snapshot

Kemper Mississippi water systems by violation status, EPA SDWIS records.

No violations on record (1) One or more violations (11)

Violation history is cumulative, many flagged systems have already returned to compliance. Detail pages show per-system context.

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Kipling W/a #1 2,637 272 -
Porterville W/A 2,445 648 -
North West Kemper W/a #4 1,671 265 -
NW Kemper W/a #1-Preston 1,618 263 -
NW Kemper W/a #2- Cleveland 1,196 260 -
Town of Dekalb 985 270 -
Town of Scooba 744 812 -
NW Kemper W/a #3-Kynard 407 259 -
Townsend Water Association 238 15 -
Kipling W/a #4 169 0 -
Porterville W/a-Kemper Springs 108 322 -
Kipling W/a #3-Old Scooba RD 77 5 -

Other Counties in Mississippi

Hinds County
29 systems · 297,741 served · 13,146 violations
DeSoto County
23 systems · 202,603 served · 5,185 violations
Harrison County
52 systems · 193,791 served · 15,513 violations
Rankin County
36 systems · 185,902 served · 24,667 violations
Jackson County
36 systems · 149,196 served · 11,232 violations
Madison County
17 systems · 129,931 served · 7,946 violations

Drinking Water Guides

Frequently Asked Questions

How many water violations are in Kemper County? ▼
Kemper County has 3,391 total drinking water violations across 12 water systems, of which 17 are health-based violations. 91.7% of systems have at least one violation.
How many people get water from Kemper County systems? ▼
Water systems in Kemper County serve approximately 12,295 people through 12 public water systems.
Has PFAS been detected in Kemper County water? ▼
No PFAS testing data is available for water systems in Kemper County.
What types of water sources supply Kemper County? ▼
Water systems in Kemper County use GW (12 systems) as their primary water sources.
Are health-based violations serious? ▼
Health-based violations indicate that drinking water exceeded Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) set by the EPA or failed treatment technique requirements. 0.5% of Kemper County's violations are health-based. Not all violations indicate immediate health risk, but they require corrective action.
Data Sources & Methodology

Drinking water violation data from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS). PFAS testing data from the UCMR5 monitoring program. SDWIS tracks all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Violations are categorized as health-based (Maximum Contaminant Level exceedances, treatment technique failures) or monitoring/reporting violations. Not all violations indicate an immediate health risk.

Read our methodology - 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 Editorial

Every figure on PlainWater is rendered directly from EPA SDWIS drinking-water data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on EPA SDWIS data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.