Mississippi tap water, by utility.
240 utilities with a full report, serving 2.3 million people as they report it. Regulated PFAS turned up at 8 of them.
The 100 largest, by people served
| Utility | Based in | Serves | Regulated PFAS | Health-based violations since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Jackson | Jackson | 189,673 | None found | 37 |
| City of Gulfport | Gulfport | 75,056 | None found | 0 |
| City of Southaven | Southaven | 56,000 | None found | 0 |
| City of Olive Branch | Olive Branch | 54,025 | None found | 0 |
| City of Hattiesburg | Hattiesburg | 43,449 | None found | 0 |
| City of Tupelo | Tupelo | 37,000 | None found | 0 |
| City of Meridian | Meridian | 34,466 | None found | 0 |
| City of Starkville | Starkville | 32,027 | None found | 0 |
| City of Brandon | Brandon | 31,852 | None found | 1 |
| City of Flowood | Flowood | 31,574 | None found | 0 |
| City of Greenville | Greenville | 29,602 | None found | 2 |
| City of Vicksburg | Vicksburg | 29,238 | None found | 0 |
| West Jackson Co Utility Dist | Ocean Springs | 28,544 | None found | 0 |
| City of Oxford | Oxford | 28,500 | PFOA, PFOS, PFHxS, PFBS | 0 |
| City of Jackson - Maddox Rd. | Jackson | 28,098 | None found | 5 |
| City of Pearl | Pearl | 27,115 | None found | 0 |
| University of Mississippi | Oxford | 26,874 | PFOA, PFOS, PFHxS, PFBS | 0 |
| Bear Creek W/A - West | Canton | 26,677 | None found | 0 |
| City of Ocean Springs | Ocean Springs | 26,168 | None found | 0 |
| City of Clinton | Clinton | 25,000 | None found | 7 |
| City of Ridgeland | Ridgeland | 24,340 | None found | 3 |
| Columbus Light & Water | Columbus | 23,616 | None found | 0 |
| City of Biloxi | Biloxi | 23,310 | None found | 0 |
| City of Pascagoula | Pascagoula | 22,686 | None found | 0 |
| City of Gautier | Gautier | 22,253 | None found | 0 |
| City of Greenwood | Greenwood | 19,140 | None found | 0 |
| Bear Creek W/A - East | Canton | 18,770 | None found | 0 |
| City of Long Beach | Long Beach | 18,514 | None found | 0 |
| West Lamar Water Assn #1 | Hattiesburg | 18,491 | None found | 0 |
| City of Laurel | Laurel | 18,100 | None found | 0 |
| City of Canton | Canton | 16,785 | None found | 1 |
| City of Cleveland | Cleveland | 16,392 | None found | 2 |
| City of Madison | Madison | 16,136 | None found | 0 |
| City of West Point | West Point | 15,062 | None found | 0 |
| City of Corinth | Corinth | 15,000 | PFOA, PFOS, PFBS | 0 |
| MS State University | Mississippi State | 15,000 | None found | 0 |
| Clarksdale Public Utilities | Clarksdale | 14,903 | None found | 6 |
| City of Natchez | Natchez | 14,520 | None found | 0 |
| City of Hernando | Hernando | 14,457 | None found | 1 |
| City of Horn Lake | Horn Lake | 13,649 | None found | 0 |
| Choctaw - Pearl River | Choctaw | 13,055 | Not sampled | 1 |
| North Lamar Water Association | Hattiesburg | 12,778 | None found | 0 |
| City of Grenada | Grenada | 12,762 | None found | 0 |
| Horn Lake Water Association | Horn Lake | 12,735 | None found | 0 |
| Diberville W/S | D'Iberville | 12,721 | None found | 0 |
| Diamondhead Utilities - North | Diamondhead | 12,577 | None found | 0 |
| City of Moss Point | Moss Point | 12,524 | None found | 2 |
| City of Brookhaven | Brookhaven | 12,513 | PFBS | 1 |
| South Central Water Assn | Raymond | 12,260 | None found | 23 |
| City of McComb | McComb | 12,041 | None found | 1 |
| City of Picayune Utilities | Picayune | 11,859 | None found | 0 |
| Pearl River Central W/A | McNeill | 11,830 | None found | 0 |
| Prvwsd - Pelahatchie Bay | Ridgeland | 11,790 | None found | 1 |
| Culkin Water Dist | Vicksburg | 11,730 | None found | 5 |
| City of Ripley | Ripley | 11,351 | None found | 0 |
| North Lauderdale W/A, Inc | Bailey | 10,544 | None found | 0 |
| City of Pass Christian | Pass Christian | 10,436 | None found | 0 |
| Booneville Water Dept. | Booneville | 9,995 | None found | 1 |
| City of Fulton | Fulton | 9,929 | None found | 1 |
| City of Yazoo City | Yazoo City | 9,913 | None found | 1 |
| City of Biloxi - North | Biloxi | 9,858 | None found | 0 |
| Magees Creek W/A - North | Tylertown | 9,792 | None found | 0 |
| City of Holly Springs | Holly Springs | 9,779 | PFOA, PFOS, PFHxS | 0 |
| City of Kosciusko | Kosciusko | 9,646 | None found | 0 |
| City of Petal | Petal | 9,509 | None found | 0 |
| City of Indianola | Indianola | 9,464 | None found | 1 |
| City of Pontotoc | Pontotoc | 9,398 | None found | 1 |
| Lewisburg Water Association | Olive Branch | 9,390 | None found | 1 |
| City of Amory | Amory | 9,350 | None found | 0 |
| Walls Water Assn - Lake Forest | Walls | 9,298 | None found | 0 |
| City of Bay St Louis | Bay St Louis | 9,284 | None found | 5 |
| City of New Albany | New Albany | 8,900 | None found | 0 |
| Cmu - Lake Caroline | Canton | 8,511 | None found | 1 |
| City of Senatobia | Senatobia | 8,354 | None found | 1 |
| Adams Co W/A #2 - South | 8,097 | None found | 0 | |
| Adams Co W/A #4 - Kaiser Lake | 8,078 | None found | 0 | |
| Keesler Air Force Base | Biloxi | 8,006 | PFOS | 0 |
| Barrontown W/A | Petal | 7,999 | None found | 0 |
| Town of Aberdeen | Aberdeen | 7,783 | None found | 0 |
| Lamar Park Water & Sewage Assn | Hattiesburg | 7,714 | None found | 0 |
| Fannin Water Assn - North | Brandon | 7,690 | None found | 0 |
| City of Louisville | Louisville | 7,545 | None found | 0 |
| City of Batesville | Batesville | 7,463 | None found | 0 |
| East Lowndes W/A B West - Old Yorkville Rd | Columbus | 7,355 | None found | 0 |
| East Madison Water Assn - West | Canton | 7,339 | None found | 0 |
| City of Iuka | Iuka | 7,268 | None found | 0 |
| Kiln Utility and Fire District of Hancoc | 7,051 | None found | 0 | |
| East Lowndes W/A #2 - Huckleberry | Columbus | 7,035 | None found | 0 |
| Progress Comm Water Assn | Purvis | 7,017 | None found | 0 |
| City of Richland | Richland | 7,000 | None found | 2 |
| Farmington Water Association | Corinth | 6,925 | None found | 0 |
| City of Philadelphia | Philadelphia | 6,921 | None found | 0 |
| Black Bayou Water Assn. | 6,917 | None found | 1 | |
| Algoma Water Association | Algoma | 6,879 | None found | 1 |
| Town of Saltillo | Saltillo | 6,766 | None found | 0 |
| City of Hernando - Jaybird | Hernando | 6,750 | None found | 1 |
| Southwest Jones W/A - North | Moselle | 6,690 | None found | 0 |
| Tunica County Utility District | Tunica | 6,690 | None found | 0 |
| Combined Utilities | Lucedale | 6,658 | None found | 0 |
| Arnold Line Water Association | Hattiesburg | 6,600 | None found | 0 |
Utilities EPA sampled under UCMR 5, plus any other community system serving 3,300 people or more. Smaller systems appear in ZIP code results. People served is what each utility reports to EPA. Data: EPA SDWIS 2026 Q2 and UCMR 5.
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