Water hardness in Mississippi

Typical Mississippi tap water

38mg/L

2.2gpg

Soft

Population-weighted middle value across 18 Mississippi cities in the dataset

People with hard or very hard water: 10%
Hardest: Oxford 77
Softest: Bay St. Louis 4

We have hardness numbers for 7 Mississippi cities; 2 of them are county estimates rather than utility figures. Each city page adds the water system's EPA violation record and a softener size for a typical household.

Every Mississippi city on the hardness scale

Dot size follows population. Tap a dot for the city page.

6Soft

1Moderately hard

0Hard

0Very hard

All cities in Mississippi

City	mg/L	gpg	Class	Data	EPA health violations
Jackson	38	2.2	Soft	Utility report	37
Meridian	15	0.9	Soft	County estimate	0
Oxford	77	4.5	Moderately hard	Utility report	0
Clinton	38	2.2	Soft	Utility report	7
Columbus	51	3.0	Soft	County estimate	0
Byram	38	2.2	Soft	Utility report	37
Bay St. Louis	4	0.3	Soft	Utility report	5

Questions

Is Mississippi water hard?

The typical Mississippi resident gets about 38 mg/L (2.2 gpg), which is soft. About 10% of people in the cities we track have hard or very hard water.

Which city in Mississippi has the hardest water?

Among 7 cities with pages here, Oxford is highest at 77 mg/L.

Which city in Mississippi has the softest water?

Bay St. Louis, at 4 mg/L.

Other states

Hardness data: TapWaterData US Water Hardness, CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.