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Barber County, Kansas

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet KS007 · Barber County 9 sys · 580 viol · #2928/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 9.1% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #2928/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-TINY 9 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Barber County ranks #2,928 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #71 of 105 counties in Kansas. See methodology · corpus placement.

Barber 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 9.1% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #2,928 of 3,254 · #71 of 105 in Kansas.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Barber County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Chase · lowest Greeley · highest Wyandotte · near Leavenworth · near 85.7% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Medicine Lodge, City Of 1,723 33 Clean
Kiowa, City Of 869 41 -
Barber Co RWD 2 245 52 -
Barber Co RWD 3 230 22 -
Hardtner, City Of 164 47 -
Sharon, City Of 147 271 -
Barber Co RWD 1 95 20 -
Hazelton, City Of 84 55 -
Isabel, City Of 66 39 -

Compare beyond Kansas

Mid-flagged peers for Barber County

Cross-state counties nearest Barber County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (580). 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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