Continuing the tradition of posting once a year, this post barely makes that deadline. I’ll closeout 2024 with a question to readers. Where does your water supply come from? Do you have a municipal water source? Or perhaps you have your own water well? Or maybe your water comes from an independent utility?
The earliest settlements in Mississippi were located adjacent to freshwater sources. During the end of the 19th century to the first part of the 20th century, many municipalities were reasonably quite proud of a new municipal water system. That system may have also provided power or ice to the community. What does your water supply system look like in your neck of Mississippi?
COLUMBIA, MARION COUNTY
HATTIESBURG, FORREST COUNTY
Categories: Historic Preservation
Preservation in Mississippi 
There is a report from the 1970s at the Hattiesburg Library that explains it all about area water supplies (Hattiesburg proper, Petal, Glendale, etc.). It is fascinating. Only problem is that it doesn’t have an update.
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I no longer live in the state of Mississippi. Our tap water is some of the best in the world.
It primarily comes from the Croton, Catskill, and Delaware water systems. These systems are a combination of aqueducts, reservoirs, and tunnels that stretch up to 125 miles away. The Croton Water Supply System plays a role in providing water.
Our water is known for its high quality, thanks to the well-protected watersheds and efforts to restrict development around them.
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hello, everyone!
tom, thanks for keeping this going, even if it s only once a year! I suspect that everyone “from the old gang of frequent contributors “ has had, like myself , lots of water under lots of bridges in the past few years… I know I have. And that s my contribution to “water” for the new year.
Ed Polk Douglas, hattiesburg snd lyons, ny
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