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Mississippi Water Quality
1,185 public water systems serving 3,286,781 people.
Water Systems
1,185
Total Violations
499,292
Violation Rate
96.1%
PFAS Detection
67.2%
160 of 238 tested
Largest Water Systems
CITY OF JACKSON
JACKSON, MS · 189,673 served
CITY OF GULFPORT
GULFPORT, MS · 75,056 served
CITY OF SOUTHAVEN
SOUTHAVEN, MS · 56,000 served
CITY OF OLIVE BRANCH
OLIVE BRANCH, MS · 54,025 served
CITY OF HATTIESBURG
HATTIESBURG, MS · 43,449 served
CITY OF TUPELO
TUPELO, MS · 37,000 served
CITY OF MERIDIAN
MERIDIAN, MS · 34,466 served
CITY OF STARKVILLE
STARKVILLE, MS · 32,027 served
CITY OF BRANDON
BRANDON, MS · 31,852 served
CITY OF GREENVILLE
GREENVILLE, MS · 29,602 served
CITY OF VICKSBURG
VICKSBURG, MS · 29,238 served
WEST JACKSON CO UTILITY DIST
OCEAN SPRINGS, MS · 28,544 served
CITY OF OXFORD
OXFORD, MS · 28,500 served
CITY OF JACKSON-MADDOX RD.
JACKSON, MS · 28,098 served
CITY OF FLOWOOD
FLOWOOD, MS · 27,997 served
CITY OF PEARL
PEARL, MS · 27,115 served
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI
OXFORD, MS · 26,874 served
BEAR CREEK W/A-WEST
CANTON, MS · 26,677 served
CITY OF OCEAN SPRINGS
OCEAN SPRINGS, MS · 26,168 served
CITY OF CLINTON
CLINTON, MS · 25,000 served
Most Violations
#1 WEST JACKSON CO UTILITY DIST OCEAN SPRINGS
3,503 #2 TOWN OF ABERDEEN ABERDEEN
2,703 #3 KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE BILOXI
2,534 #4 FANNIN WATER ASSN-NORTH BRANDON
1,741 #5 LAFAYETTE SPRINGS WATER ASSN OXFORD
1,664 #6 CITY OF RIPLEY RIPLEY
1,655 #7 CITY OF NEW ALBANY NEW ALBANY
1,650 #8 BUCKATUNNA WATER ASSOCIATION BUCKATUNNA
1,603 #9 CITY OF GULFPORT GULFPORT
1,598 #10 CITY OF PONTOTOC PONTOTOC
1,579 #11 SEBASTOPOL WATER ASSOCIATION SEBASTOPOL
1,553 #12 TOWN OF BOLTON BOLTON
1,539 #13 NORTH LEE W/A #1-BARNES CROSNG SALTILLO
1,450 #14 CITY OF CORINTH GLEN
1,427 #15 BARRONTOWN W/A PETAL
1,414 Counties in Mississippi
Hinds
29 systems · 297,741 served
· 13,146 violations
DeSoto
23 systems · 202,603 served
· 5,185 violations
Harrison
52 systems · 193,791 served
· 15,513 violations
Rankin
36 systems · 185,902 served
· 24,667 violations
Jackson
36 systems · 149,196 served
· 11,232 violations
Madison
17 systems · 129,931 served
· 7,946 violations
Forrest
16 systems · 89,526 served
· 9,982 violations
Lee
25 systems · 86,838 served
· 14,984 violations
Lauderdale
14 systems · 79,977 served
· 6,664 violations
Lafayette
24 systems · 74,518 served
· 9,184 violations
Jones
23 systems · 70,823 served
· 13,339 violations
Oktibbeha
24 systems · 69,436 served
· 10,067 violations
Lowndes
14 systems · 67,039 served
· 4,212 violations
Lamar
11 systems · 65,838 served
· 6,121 violations
Hancock
21 systems · 56,912 served
· 5,538 violations
Warren
7 systems · 56,140 served
· 1,489 violations
Pearl River
19 systems · 54,819 served
· 6,507 violations
Washington
14 systems · 47,415 served
· 6,121 violations
Monroe
13 systems · 41,263 served
· 7,738 violations
Alcorn
8 systems · 38,985 served
· 4,326 violations
Bolivar
29 systems · 37,727 served
· 11,980 violations
Pike
17 systems · 37,313 served
· 5,877 violations
Pontotoc
12 systems · 36,687 served
· 8,037 violations
Simpson
16 systems · 35,130 served
· 8,704 violations
Lincoln
10 systems · 34,845 served
· 3,387 violations
Scott
14 systems · 33,695 served
· 10,379 violations
Panola
31 systems · 33,531 served
· 10,060 violations
Grenada
17 systems · 33,387 served
· 6,872 violations
Adams
8 systems · 32,826 served
· 2,696 violations
Leflore
17 systems · 32,564 served
· 5,439 violations
Showing top 30 of 82 counties.