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Alexander County, Illinois

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet IL003 · Alexander County 6 sys · 269 viol · #2563/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-NONE · SRC-GW · SYS-TINY · BOOK-MOST

  • VIOL-SEVERE 83.3% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 3.3% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2563/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-TINY 6 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Alexander County ranks #2,563 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #91 of 102 counties in Illinois. See methodology · corpus placement.

Alexander County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 83.3% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 3.3% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Alexander County . Population served ranks #2,563 of 3,254 · #91 of 102 in Illinois.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Alexander County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Sangamon · lowest Jackson · near Jasper · near Pulaski · highest 58.8% 83.3% 83.3% 83.3% 83.3% 83.3% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Southwater Inc 2,185 0 -
IL American-Cairo 1,821 10 -
Central Alexander Cnty Pwd 1,763 28 -
McClure-East Cape Pwd 910 84 -
Tamms 653 89 -
Thebes 213 58 -

Compare beyond Illinois

Lower-flagged peers for Alexander County

Cross-state counties nearest Alexander County on flagged-system share (83.3%) and cumulative violation count (269). 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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