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Is Crystal Springs, MS tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Crystal Springs, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and Mississippi’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

1 of the 2 utilities serving Crystal Springs has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and Mississippi’s records: Crystal Springs Water Service.

Crystal Springs Water Service, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and Mississippi’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.

A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Crystal Springs’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

Water testing near Crystal Springs

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Mississippi certifies.

The lab Mississippi certifies closest to Crystal Springs, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Bonner Analytical Testing, Inc.

    Hattiesburg, MS · about 71 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (601) 264-2854

Mississippi State Department of Health: Bacteria testing for private wells: apply online, and the department takes a sample from your well and tests it. It does not test for minerals or chemicals. $10 plus a processing fee, invoiced by email. Private Well Sample application, Mississippi State Department of Health.

All 5 certified labs for Mississippi

ZIP codes in Crystal Springs

Which ZIP codes are in Crystal Springs: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: MSDH, water supply certification: in-state participating labs; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.

Near Crystal Springs

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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