PlainWater

Simpson County, Mississippi

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MS127 · Simpson County 16 sys · 8,704 viol · #1219/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 2.8% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1219/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-MID 33.3% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-SMALL 16 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, Simpson County ranks #1,219 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #24 of 82 counties in Mississippi. See methodology · corpus placement.

Simpson 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 2.8% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 33.3% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,219 of 3,254 · #24 of 82 in Mississippi.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Simpson County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Simpson 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
Okatoma Water Association #2 5,866 776 Clean
Smiths Crossing Water Assn 4,480 1,323 Detected
Okatoma Water Association #1 3,981 539 -
City of Magee 3,526 369 Clean
New Hope Water Association 2,587 250 -
Highway 28 Water Association 2,500 263 -
City of Mendenhall 2,500 296 -
Shivers Water Association 2,200 553 -
Harrisville W/A 1,967 1,209 -
Boggan Ridge W/A 1,500 534 -
Poplar Springs Water District 1,188 294 -
Boggan Ridge W/a-Pine Grove 1,177 519 -
Town of Braxton 800 993 -
Town of Dlo 510 599 -
Boswell Regional Center 248 93 -
Howard Industries 100 94 -

Compare beyond Mississippi

Mid-flagged peers for Simpson County

Cross-state counties nearest Simpson County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (8,704). 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

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.