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Adair County, Missouri

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MO001 · Adair County 4 sys · 169 viol · #1516/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-MID · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-SW · SYS-TINY · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 28.4% health
  • RANK-MID #1516/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 100%
  • SYS-TINY 4 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Cass County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Adair County ranks #1,516 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #35 of 115 counties in Missouri. See methodology · corpus placement.

Adair County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 100.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 28.4% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 100.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,516 of 3,254 · #35 of 115 in Missouri.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Adair County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Adair County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Shannon · lowest Mercer · highest Jackson · near Boone · near 69.6% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Kirksville PWS 17,566 114 Detected
Adair County PWSD 1 7,500 7 Detected
Novinger PWS 550 25 -
Brashear PWS 288 23 -

Compare beyond Missouri

Mid-flagged peers for Adair County

Cross-state counties nearest Adair County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (169). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers
Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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