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Benton County, Indiana

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet IN007 · Benton County 8 sys · 2,008 viol · #2566/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 1.7% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2566/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-TINY 8 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Benton County ranks #2,566 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #87 of 92 counties in Indiana. See methodology · corpus placement.

Benton 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 1.7% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Benton County . Population served ranks #2,566 of 3,254 · #87 of 92 in Indiana.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Benton County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Hendricks · lowest Union · highest Johnson · near Madison · near 84.9% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

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Mid-flagged peers for Benton County

Cross-state counties nearest Benton County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (2,008). 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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