Tupelo Water Hardness & Quality Report (2026)

Tupelo, Mississippi, the Lee County seat — a major northeast Mississippi city (Tupelo is the largest city in northeast Mississippi and one of the most economically vibrant cities in the state), the birthplace of Elvis Presley (Elvis Aaron Presley was born in Tupelo on January 8, 1935, in a small shotgun house now preserved as the Elvis Presley Birthplace Museum — Tupelo's most famous cultural heritage site), home of the Tupelo National Battlefield (a significant Civil War battlefield site where Union General A.J. Smith defeated Confederate forces attempting to cut Sherman's supply line in 1864), a major furniture manufacturing hub (Tupelo is known as the 'Furniture Capital of the World' — Lee County has one of the highest concentrations of furniture manufacturers in the US), and a diverse Lee County community — draws its municipal water supply from the Memphis Sand Aquifer via the City of Tupelo Water and Light. Water hardness in Tupelo measures 91.5 mg/L — classified as moderately soft.

Tupelo's moderate softness reflects the Lee County Memphis Sand Aquifer's moderate characteristics. The Memphis Sand Aquifer (Middle Claiborne Aquifer) at Tupelo–Lee County draws from the Eocene Memphis Sand of the Middle Claiborne Group (calcareous-moderate well-sorted quartz sand — the primary aquifer of the Memphis metropolitan area). City of Tupelo's treatment produces the moderate 91.5 mg/L.

With hardness at 91.5 mg/L, Tupelo residents enjoy moderately soft water. City of Tupelo Water and Light consistently delivers water meeting all Mississippi DEQ and EPA Safe Drinking Water Act requirements.