State rankings

Mississippi water-system rankings

Community water systems in Mississippi ranked by PurityRadar safety score — from EPA violations, enforcement, and PFAS data.

Lowest-scoring systems in Mississippi

Ranked lowest score first. Population shown for context.

1 CITY OF CORINTH GLEN, MS · ~15,000 served 36 2 CITY OF HOLLY SPRINGS HOLLKY SPRINGS, MS · ~9,779 served 42 3 CITY OF OXFORD OXFORD, MS · ~28,500 served 54 4 SMITHS CROSSING WATER ASSN MAGEE, MS · ~4,480 served 67 5 KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE BILOXI, MS · ~8,006 served 69 6 UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI OXFORD, MS · ~26,874 served 79 7 SUNRISE UTILITY ASSN INC PETAL, MS · ~6,067 served 83 8 CHOCTAW - PEARL RIVER CHOCTAW, MS · ~13,055 served 85 9 CHOCTAW - CONEHATTA CHOCTAW, MS · ~1,201 served 85 10 CHOCTAW - TUCKER CHOCTAW, MS · ~1,112 served 85 11 HCUA-TRADITIONS GULFPORT, MS 100 12 HCUA-NORTH GULFPORT, MS 100 13 N. E. MS. REGIONAL W/S TUPELO, MS 100 14 HANCUA-PEARLINGTON WAVELAND, MS 100 15 HANCOCK COUNTY UTILITY AUTHORITY WAVELAND, MS 100 16 PRCUA-POPLARVILLE WATER SYSTEM PICAYUNE, MS 100 17 CITY OF JACKSON JACKSON, MS · ~189,673 served 100 18 CITY OF GULFPORT GULFPORT, MS · ~75,056 served 100 19 CITY OF SOUTHAVEN SOUTHAVEN, MS · ~56,000 served 100 20 CITY OF OLIVE BRANCH OLIVE BRANCH, MS · ~54,025 served 100 21 CITY OF HATTIESBURG HATTIESBURG, MS · ~43,449 served 100 22 CITY OF TUPELO TUPELO, MS · ~37,000 served 100 23 CITY OF MERIDIAN MERIDIAN, MS · ~34,466 served 100 24 CITY OF STARKVILLE STARKVILLE, MS · ~32,027 served 100 25 CITY OF BRANDON BRANDON, MS · ~31,852 served 100

Highest-scoring large systems in Mississippi

Systems serving 10,000+ people with the best scores.

1 CITY OF JACKSON JACKSON, MS · ~189,673 served 100 2 CITY OF GULFPORT GULFPORT, MS · ~75,056 served 100 3 CITY OF SOUTHAVEN SOUTHAVEN, MS · ~56,000 served 100 4 CITY OF OLIVE BRANCH OLIVE BRANCH, MS · ~54,025 served 100 5 CITY OF HATTIESBURG HATTIESBURG, MS · ~43,449 served 100 6 CITY OF TUPELO TUPELO, MS · ~37,000 served 100 7 CITY OF MERIDIAN MERIDIAN, MS · ~34,466 served 100 8 CITY OF STARKVILLE STARKVILLE, MS · ~32,027 served 100
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Scores reflect EPA public records (violations, enforcement, PFAS), are system-level, and can’t account for your home’s plumbing. See the methodology.