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Brown County, South Dakota

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet SD013 · Brown County 21 sys · 1,750 viol · #1153/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 13.5% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1153/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 50.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 76%
  • SYS-SMALL 21 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Brown County ranks #1,153 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #4 of 65 counties in South Dakota. See methodology · corpus placement.

Brown 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 13.5% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 50.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,153 of 3,254 · #4 of 65 in South Dakota.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Brown County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Shannon · lowest Buffalo · highest Hughes · near Davison · near 50% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Aberdeen 27,989 91 Detected
Brown-Day-Marshall RWS 5,673 6 Clean
Groton 1,380 14 -
Warner 485 29 -
Lakeside Estates 460 65 -
Country Village Park 340 72 -
Prairiewood Property Owners 300 20 -
Frederick 215 32 -
Hecla 208 62 -
Jobee Acres 108 82 -
Claremont 108 88 -
Pleasant Valley Estates 105 43 -
Long Lake Colony 100 230 -
Hutterville Colony South Dakota Inc 90 410 -
Northwood First Subdivision 90 9 -
Westport Sanitary District 88 27 -
Rolling Meadows 83 30 -
The Meadows 80 285 -
Richmond Heights Homeowners Associat 67 36 -
Stratford 57 89 -
Green Acres Association 55 30 -

Compare beyond South Dakota

Mid-flagged peers for Brown County

Cross-state counties nearest Brown County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,750). 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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