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Lee County, Mississippi

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MS081 · Lee County 25 sys · 14,984 viol · #641/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 1.2% health
  • RANK-TOP #641/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 84%
  • SYS-SMALL 25 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, Lee County ranks #641 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #8 of 82 counties in Mississippi. See methodology · corpus placement.

Lee 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 1.2% 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 #641 of 3,254 · #8 of 82 in Mississippi.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Lee County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Lee 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 Tupelo 37,000 59 Clean
Town of Saltillo 6,766 736 Clean
Mooreville-Richmond W/a #1 3,807 1,178 Clean
Old Union Water System 3,749 787 Clean
Town of Guntown 3,577 841 Clean
Mooreville Richmond #3 3,419 1,043 -
Mooreville-Richmond W/a #2 3,200 989 -
City of Verona 2,747 1,082 -
North Lee W/a #1-Barnes Crosng 2,672 1,450 -
North Lee W/a-Beech Springs 2,556 85 -
City Point Water Association 2,479 827 -
Palmetto W/A 2,376 919 -
City of Nettleton 1,995 811 -
Town of Plantersville 1,845 824 Clean
North Lee W/a #2-Birmingham RD 1,822 700 -
Town of Shannon 1,500 591 -
North Lee W/a #4-Macedonia 1,238 361 Clean
North Lee W/a-Auburn System #1 1,088 553 Clean
Brewer Water Association 1,000 17 -
North Lee W/a-Sws #1 916 11 -
North Lee W/A-Hushpuppy 470 60 -
North Lee W/a #5-Red Hill 298 344 -
Natchez Trace Parkway 150 4 -
Tombigbee State Park 100 35 -
Grab the Map, LLC at Lakefront Prop 68 677 -

Compare beyond Mississippi

Mid-flagged peers for Lee County

Cross-state counties nearest Lee County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (14,984). 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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