Aquatell

Mississippi

The 6 hardness figures we’ve verified run from 9.0 to 12 grains per gallon, with a median of 10; 100% are hard or very hard.

How the 6 figures spread across the bands

  • Soft 0
  • Slightly hard 0
  • Moderately hard 0
  • Hard 4
  • Very hard 2
Hardness
10 gpg medianAverage 10 gpg (174 ppm), from 9.0 to 12. Each published figure counts once in the average, median and spread; a figure published as a range is shown as its range and isn't averaged.
Coverage
7 places7 listings as published
Disinfectant
0 of 5use chloramine; 5 use chlorine

Every place we have

Sources are each city’s water quality report or its utility. Gather the listings up by place or by the water system that serves them, or see every listing as published; open a group to see what’s in it.

7 places

On the scaleDisinfectantSourcesAsk Aqua
Pascagoula
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
12 gpg210 ppm, very hard –
Hattiesburg
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
11 gpg188 ppm, very hard Chlorine Disinfectant
Biloxi
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
10 gpg174 ppm, hard Chlorine Disinfectant
Jackson
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
10 gpg164 ppm, hard Chlorine Disinfectant
Gulfport
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
9.0 gpg158 ppm, hard Chlorine Disinfectant
West Point
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
9.0 gpg154 ppm, hard –
Southaven
– Chlorine Disinfectant

Missing your city? Aquatell researches cities on request from the utility’s own reports, usually within a week. A note on a figure says what we found when we checked it: units that didn’t agree, another page with a different figure, a range.

What to do about it

Hard water

Above about 3.5 grains per gallon, scale builds in water heaters, fixtures and appliances. A softener sized for your hardness and household removes it for the whole house.

Chlorine or chloramine

Standard carbon removes chlorine’s taste and smell. Chloramine lasts longer in the pipes and needs catalytic carbon to remove it.

Not sure what you need?

Aqua knows these figures and Aquatell’s treatment charts, and can size a system for your home.

Softeners for Mississippi’s water