North Hinds W/a #6-Shepherd Hills, MS Water Quality
What's in North Hinds W/a #6-Shepherd Hills's water?
North Hinds W/a #6-Shepherd Hills had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 2,785 people through 1,055 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
80 total violations and 8 health-based ones put North Hinds W/a #6-Shepherd Hills at the 82th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,326 of 12,903.
How North Hinds W/a #6-Shepherd Hills compares within MS
North Hinds W/a #6-Shepherd Hills's 8 health-based violations sit above the MS average of 3.1, across 361 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for North Hinds W/a #6-Shepherd Hills is from 2025-07-09 (health-based: 2025-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 05/18/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
North Hinds W/a #6-Shepherd Hills's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Tthm
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is North Hinds W/a #6-Shepherd Hills's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 80 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.