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Athens County, Ohio

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet OH009 · Athens County 13 sys · 1,430 viol · #696/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 18.4% health
  • RANK-UPPER #696/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-SMALL 13 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Athens County ranks #696 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #30 of 88 counties in Ohio. See methodology · corpus placement.

Athens 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 18.4% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #696 of 3,254 · #30 of 88 in Ohio.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Athens County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Fayette · lowest Vinton · highest Lorain · near Clermont · near 78.6% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Athens PWS 32,725 29 Clean
Le-Ax Regional Water District PWS 19,311 74 Clean
Nelsonville PWS 6,656 558 Clean
Sunday Creek Valley Water PWS 5,451 76 Clean
Athens Co., the Plains S.D. 1 PWS 3,276 12 -
Burr Oak Regional Water District 1,994 113 -
Glouster Public Water System 1,659 21 -
Chauncey 1,428 292 -
Albany Village PWS 901 26 -
Coolville Village PWS 859 65 -
Jacksonville Village PWS 481 86 -
Trimble Village PWS 480 52 -
Amesville Public Water System 255 26 -

Compare beyond Ohio

Mid-flagged peers for Athens County

Cross-state counties nearest Athens County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,430). 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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