Mississippi Drinking Water Violations

1,166Water Systems
23,980Total Violations
1,951Health-Based

Mississippi has 1,166 active public water systems regulated under the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Act. Across these systems, there have been 1,951 health-based violations out of 23,980 total violations recorded. Currently, 30 water systems have unresolved health-based violations.

The most frequently cited health-based contaminants in Mississippi are Unknown, Unknown, and Unknown. Health-based violations mean a water system exceeded an EPA maximum contaminant level (MCL) or failed required treatment standards.

Browse the counties below to find specific water systems, or search by address or ZIP code to find your water provider.

Counties

CountyWater SystemsTotal ViolationsHealth-Based
Hinds County 9 162 129
Hancock County 6 122 26
Harrison County 21 116 11
Madison County 3 42 11
Desoto County 7 82 9
Humphreys County 2 183 8
Rankin County 4 50 8
Bolivar County 5 131 7
Washington County 5 98 7
George County 5 70 6
Jackson County 15 345 5
Leflore County 5 62 5
Pike County 4 51 4
Wayne County 1 47 4
Forrest County 4 63 3
Stone County 3 51 3
Yazoo County 1 16 3
Sunflower County 2 376 2
Clarke County 1 17 2
Noxubee County 1 13 2
Sharkey County 1 198 1
Calhoun County 2 144 1
Holmes County 2 104 1
Lee County 7 66 1
Lamar County 1 30 1
Lincoln County 3 20 1
Tate County 4 20 1
Covington County 2 19 1
Montgomery County 1 18 1
Itawamba County 1 15 1
Pontotoc County 1 15 1
Marion County 1 12 1
Tallahatchie County 1 64 0
Marshall County 5 53 0
Pearl River County 4 40 0
Chickasaw County 2 31 0
Panola County 4 31 0
Simpson County 2 31 0
Tippah County 1 29 0
Grenada County 4 26 0
Jones County 2 26 0
Lafayette County 1 19 0
Leake County 1 18 0
Scott County 2 18 0
Lauderdale County 2 17 0
Monroe County 1 17 0
Yalobusha County 1 16 0
Oktibbeha County 1 15 0
Quitman County 1 15 0
Newton County 1 14 0
Neshoba County 1 13 0
Tishomingo County 1 11 0
Union County 1 11 0
Webster County 1 11 0
Smith County 1 10 0
Winston County 1 8 0
Attala County 1 7 0
Clay County 1 6 0
Lowndes County 1 6 0
Adams County 1 4 0
Alcorn County 1 4 0
Warren County 1 4 0