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Mississippi environmental disclosure record

According to EPA's 2023 Toxics Release Inventory, Safe Drinking Water Information System, and Superfund National Priorities List extracts, this is Mississippi's full public registry profile, toxic releases, drinking-water systems, and Superfund sites in one place.

TRI facilities
383
Reported releases
269.4M lbs
#16 of 56
Water systems
989
Superfund NPL sites
14

Mississippi vs. every U.S. state

Cumulative TRI-reported release pounds, with this state marked in the national distribution

269M lbs Top 29% higher than 71% of 56 states with TRI reporters

This state 0 lbs 2B+ lbs every state with TRI reporters, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $1M-wide band; taller bars hold more states with TRI reporters. The dashed line and filled bar mark this facility. Hover, focus, or tap a bar for its full count, share, and position.

Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year

MS regulatory profile by statute

Violation/site counts mapped to the EPA statutes this portal tracks

records

What this shows Counts are mapped to statute as a structural proxy and reflect reported activity, not toxicity-weighted or population-adjusted risk. Clean Air Act (Title V) permit data is not currently ingested by this portal, so air-permit compliance is not shown here.

Source EPA SDWIS / Superfund

How Mississippi compares across two EPA disclosure measures

The highlighted point is Mississippi. The vertical axis is the share of tracked water systems with at least one health-based SDWIS record; the horizontal axis is TRI-reported pounds per facility on a logarithmic scale so the full state distribution stays readable. The crosshairs use the portal’s published national benchmark medians.

EPA disclosure intensity across states with both TRI facilities and water-system records 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 56 entities by TRI release intensity (log₁₀ lbs per facility) (X) and Water systems with a health-based record (%) (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Higher release / higher record shareLower release / higher record shareHigher release / lower record shareLower release / lower record share 3456789 020406080100 TRI release intensity (log₁₀ lbs per facility) Water systems with a health-based record (%) MS highlighted Mississippi
EPA disclosure intensity across states with both TRI facilities and water-system records

This matrix compares disclosure rates, not toxicity, exposure, current compliance, or drinking-water safety. A lower position on either axis is not a safety rating; use the underlying facility and water-system records for context.

According to EPA TRI, SDWIS, and Superfund NPL extracts, Mississippi (MS) lists 383 TRI-reporting facilities disclosing 269.4M lbs of toxic releases. The same extracts list 14 Superfund sites and 989 EPA-regulated water systems, of which 316 carry health-based SDWIS violation rows. PlainEnviro's composite environmental health score for Mississippi is 54/100 (grade F), benchmarked against all U.S. states on chemical release intensity, drinking-water health violations, Superfund site burden, and water violation rate. This is a percentile-derived composite from federal disclosure counts, not a clinical health-risk assessment.

F 54

Mississippi Environmental Health Score

A percentile-benchmarked 0–100 composite from 4 EPA federal datasets, with weight redistribution for any unavailable dimension

4/4 dimensions · percentile-benchmarked

Chemical Release Intensity F 47
703K (lbs per facility)
Drinking Water Health Violations D 63
32.0% (% of systems)
Superfund Site Burden F 38
3.7 (sites per 100 facilities)
Water Violation Rate D 69
2.1 (violations per system)

Benchmarks derived from EPA TRI, SDWIS, and Superfund NPL extracts across all 56 U.S. states and territories

TRI Facilities

383

Very high

Water Systems

989

Moderate

Superfund Sites

14

Moderate

Total Releases

269.4M lbs

Very high

Compliance Snapshot - MS

Sites with no recorded health violations 77.0%
Sites with at least one open violation 23.0%

Mississippi's profile joins three independently maintained EPA programs into one statewide record: the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI, EPCRA Section 313 industrial disclosures), the Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS, Safe Drinking Water Act compliance), and the Superfund National Priorities List. Each program uses its own reporting cadence and facility-identification scheme; PlainEnviro joins them by matched facility and system location rather than a shared federal ID, so a site absent from one program is never assumed absent from another. The counts below reflect the portal's rebuild as of August 2026.

Activity clusters in counties such as Rankin, Lee, Harrison, which account for the highest combined facility, water-system, and Superfund presence. Monitoring and reporting violations are not included in the SDWIS counts shown here.

Every figure reflects the public regulatory record as filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and is not weighted for toxicity, geographic footprint, or population exposure. A state can rank high in any individual metric because of industrial history, naturally occurring contaminants in source water, or simply the number of reporting facilities, not because current residents face unsafe conditions. Drill into any county or water system below for the full disclosure record.

What does this state's environmental record show?

TRI Facilities
383
Water Systems
989
Superfund Sites
14
Health-Based Violation Records
2,079
Total Releases
269.4M lbs
cumulative, all reported years
Systems with Records
316
water systems

Release-over-release change

What changed for Mississippi: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year

2022 → 2023

Same facilities, both years

-17.0%

306 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023

Whole inventory

-17.1%

56.0 million lb → 46.5 million lb, every facility that filed

Between the two reporting years, 19 facilities filed for the first time and 20 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.

  • Mississippi's total reported releases fell from 55.9 million lb in 2022 to 46.4 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
  • Mississippi's land releases fell from 26.5 million lb in 2022 to 18.4 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
  • Mississippi's air releases fell from 14.7 million lb in 2022 to 13.3 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
  • Mississippi's off-site transfers fell from 4.8 million lb in 2022 to 4.5 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.

Largest Polluters

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# Facility Total Releases
1 Tronox LLC 64.0M lbs
2 Chemours Delisle Plant 59.0M lbs
3 Georgia Pacific Leaf River Cellulose LLC 14.4M lbs
4 Choctaw Generation LP L.l.l.p. 10.3M lbs
5 Columbus Cellulose Fibers 9.8M lbs
6 Tyson Farms Inc. - Carthage Ms Processing Plant 9.7M lbs
7 International Paper-Vicksburg Mill 9.5M lbs
8 Georgia-Pacific Monticello LLC 8.8M lbs
9 Chevron Products Co Pascagoula Refinery 7.4M lbs
10 Cf Industries Nitrogen LLC - Yazoo City Mississippi Plant 6.9M lbs
11 Ergon Refining Inc 5.8M lbs
12 Sanderson Farms LLC 5.6M lbs
13 Sanderson Farms LLC 5.1M lbs
14 Southern Hens Inc. 5.1M lbs
15 Nucor Steel Jackson Inc 4.0M lbs
16 Sanderson Farms LLC 3.6M lbs
17 Tyson Farms Inc. 2.5M lbs
18 Cottonseed Co-Op Corp 1.9M lbs
19 Oxbow Greenwood LLC 1.7M lbs
20 Mississippi Power Co - Plant Daniel 1.3M lbs

Water Quality

Systems with Health Violations

Water System Population Violations
TRUELIGHT REDEVELOPMENT GRP #2 546 120
CITY OF JACKSON 189,673 103
SOUTH CENTRAL WATER ASSN 12,260 86
MOORE BAYOU W/A #3 378 80
G T & Y WATER DISTRICT INC 3,907 60
HIWANNEE WATER ASSOCIATION #2 956 46
HANCOCK COUNTY WATER & SEWER 3,254 45
NORTH HINDS W/A #2-CHAPEL HILL 1,595 44
TRAXLER WATER ASSOCIATION 855 42
TOWN OF EDWARDS 1,980 41
BEAVER MEADOW WATERWORKS ASSOCIATION 1,687 39
TOWN OF FLORENCE 5,824 39
VALLEY PARK W/A 533 37
NORTH BENTON W/A 449 34
COAHOMA UTILITY DIST #2 645 34
TOWN OF COAHOMA 200 32
L & F WATER ASSOCIATION 1,803 31
CLEARY WATER SEWER & FIRE DEPT 2,500 30
H & H WATER SYSTEM, INC 3,036 30
CASCILLA WATER ASSOCIATION 837 29

Cities with Water Issues

Superfund Sites (14)

Site Name Status HRS Score
American Creosote Works, Inc. NPL Site 62.20
Chemfax, Inc. NPL Site 38.40
Davis Timber Company Deleted NPL Site 48.57
Flowood Site Deleted NPL Site 0.00
Hercules Inc NPL Site 31.36
Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp - Columbus NPL Site 52.47
Mississippi Phosphates Corporation NPL Site 50.00
Newsom Brothers/Old Reichhold Chemicals, Inc. Deleted NPL Site 45.70
Picayune Wood Treating NPL Site 51.03
Red Panther Chemical Company Deleted NPL Site 39.43
Rockwell International Wheel & Trim NPL Site 50.00
Sonford Products NPL Site 31.66
Southeastern Wood Preserving NPL Site 48.03
Walcotte Chemical Co. Warehouses Deleted NPL Site 0.00

Counties (83 total)

Showing top 20 counties by environmental activity. Mississippi has 83 counties total.

Cities with Environmental Records

Hattiesburg
13 facilities · 10 water systems
Columbus
13 facilities · 9 water systems
Jackson
13 facilities · 4 water systems
Meridian
12 facilities · 8 water systems
Laurel
10 facilities · 10 water systems
Gulfport
9 facilities · 10 water systems
Vicksburg
9 facilities · 6 water systems
Grenada
8 facilities · 9 water systems
Madison
8 facilities · 3 water systems
Iuka
7 facilities · 6 water systems
Pascagoula
7 facilities · 5 water systems
Olive Branch
7 facilities · 3 water systems
Tupelo
6 facilities · 4 water systems
Forest
5 facilities · 7 water systems
Brookhaven
5 facilities · 6 water systems
Greenville
5 facilities · 5 water systems
Ripley
5 facilities · 4 water systems
Waynesboro
5 facilities · 4 water systems
Natchez
5 facilities · 2 water systems
Moss Point
5 facilities · 1 water systems

Frequently Asked Questions

How many TRI facilities are in Mississippi?
Mississippi has 383 facilities that report to the EPA Toxic Release Inventory (TRI). These facilities have collectively reported 269.4M lbs in total toxic chemical releases. TRI data is self-reported annually by facilities that manufacture, process, or use listed toxic chemicals above threshold amounts.
Does Mississippi have Superfund sites?
Yes, Mississippi has 14 sites on the EPA Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). Superfund sites are contaminated locations identified for long-term cleanup under the EPA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA).
What does EPA SDWIS list for drinking water in Mississippi?
Mississippi has 989 EPA-regulated water systems in the Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) extract used here. 316 water systems have a health-based violation row (MCL exceedance) in this historical extract. A past registry row is not a current drinkability verdict. For current utility conditions, contact the local water utility or the Mississippi drinking water program. Source: EPA SDWIS.
What environmental data is available for Mississippi?
PlainEnviro provides three categories of EPA environmental data for Mississippi: Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) data covering 383 industrial facilities, Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) data for 989 water systems, and Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) data for 14 contaminated sites.
How does Mississippi compare to other states on EPA disclosure counts?
Mississippi has 383 TRI facilities with 269.4M lbs in total releases, 14 Superfund sites, and 2,079 water system violations on record. These are federal disclosure counts; they are not toxicity-weighted or population-adjusted risk scores. Source: EPA TRI, SDWIS, and Superfund NPL databases.
What is Mississippi's environmental health score?
PlainEnviro's composite environmental health score for Mississippi is 54/100 (grade F). This score combines four percentile-benchmarked dimensions from EPA federal extracts: chemical release intensity per TRI facility, drinking-water health violation rate from SDWIS, Superfund site burden relative to industrial activity, and overall water violation rate. Scores are benchmarked against all 56 U.S. states and territories. When a dimension lacks data, its weight redistributes to the remaining dimensions so the score never deflates from missing inputs. This is a registry-count composite, not a clinical exposure or health-outcome assessment.

About This Data

This page aggregates environmental data from three EPA programs for Mississippi: the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) for industrial chemical releases, the Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) for water quality, and the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) for hazardous waste cleanup sites.

PlainEnviro presents this data without advocacy framing. Numbers reflect reported data and may not capture all environmental activity. For specific health or environmental concerns, contact your state environmental agency.

What to do with Mississippi's data

Use this state profile as a starting point, then drill into the specific dataset that matters to you.

  • Check the 383 TRI facilities reporting in Mississippi for the largest reported releases near a specific county. View facilities
  • 316 water systems in the state have a recorded health-based violation, check if yours is one of them. Check water systems
  • See how Mississippi compares to other states on releases, water violations, and Superfund sites. State rankings

Reported data reflects what facilities and agencies disclose to the EPA; it is not a complete measure of environmental risk or a substitute for local guidance.

Use and verify this record

Mississippi's profile brings together EPA release, drinking-water, and Superfund records. It reports the underlying programs without making a health or environmental-risk determination.

State environmental figures are computed directly from EPA data. The methodology records the joins, definitions, and refresh cadence for each program.

PlainEnviro renders public EPA records directly from its data pipeline; no figure on this page is typed in by an editor. See the editorial standards and corrections policy for how source changes and reported errors are handled.

Federal sources included in this profile
  • EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level release disclosures. epa.gov
  • EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System - public water-system and violation records. epa.gov
  • EPA Superfund National Priorities List - hazardous-waste cleanup-site records. epa.gov