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Bates County, Missouri

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MO013 · Bates County 15 sys · 1,187 viol · #1870/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 93.3% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 47.9% health
  • RANK-MID #1870/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 87%
  • SYS-SMALL 15 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Bates County ranks #1,870 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #49 of 115 counties in Missouri. See methodology · corpus placement.

Bates County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 93.3% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 47.9% 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 #1,870 of 3,254 · #49 of 115 in Missouri.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Bates County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Shannon · lowest Bates · this county Perry · near Mercer · highest 69.6% 93% 93.3% 93.3% 93.3% 93.8% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Butler PWS 4,219 52 Detected
Bates County PWSD 5 2,690 44 -
Bates County PWSD 4 2,348 22 -
Adrian PWS 1,635 230 -
Bates County PWSD 6 1,613 31 -
Rich Hill PWS 1,400 107 -
Cass Bates County PWSD 12 1,335 19 -
Bates County PWSD 2 752 266 -
Bates County PWSD 7 500 36 -
Bates County PWSD 3 432 9 -
Hume PWS 330 131 -
Bates County PWSD 1 268 15 -
Amoret PWS 190 104 -
Rockville PWS 175 121 -
Tri County Water Authority 25 0 -

Compare beyond Missouri

Mid-flagged peers for Bates County

Cross-state counties nearest Bates County on flagged-system share (93.3%) and cumulative violation count (1,187). 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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