County profile · EPA SDWIS + UCMR5
Buchanan County, Iowa
20 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 13,026 people in Buchanan County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.
- 20
- SDWIS water systems Middle third of counties
- 994
- Total violations Middle third of counties
- 85.0%
- SDWIS systems w/ a violation Lower third of counties
- 0.0%
- UCMR5 PFAS rate (1 tested) Lower third of counties with tests
SDWIS compliance plate
Sheet IA019 · Buchanan County 20 sys · 994 viol · #2145/3254
VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL
- VIOL-SEVERE 85.0% flagged
- HEALTH-MID 23.0% health
- RANK-LOWER #2145/3254
- PHOTO-FINISH ±0.7 pp
- PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
- SRC-GW GW lead 100%
- SYS-SMALL 20 systems
- BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields
Nearest flagged-rate peer: Story County (+ 0.7 pp flagged-rate)
According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Buchanan County ranks #2,145 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #50 of 99 counties in Iowa. See methodology · corpus placement.
Buchanan County standing, lower-flagged corpus third
Flagged-system rate 85.0% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 23.0% 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 #2,145 of 3,254 · #50 of 99 in Iowa.
Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Buchanan County
Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Buchanan County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.
Water Systems
| System Name | Population | Violations | PFAS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Independence Water Dept | 6,064 | 15 | Clean |
| Jesup Municipal Water Supply | 2,508 | 85 | - |
| Fairbank Water Supply | 1,111 | 63 | - |
| Winthrop Water Supply | 840 | 104 | - |
| Hazleton Water Supply | 713 | 149 | - |
| Lamont Water Supply | 429 | 7 | - |
| Brandon Water Supply | 341 | 80 | - |
| Denali's on the River | 185 | 137 | - |
| Jp's Country Store | 125 | 0 | - |
| Cedar Rock Visitors Center | 107 | 88 | - |
| Pints Water Association | 96 | 25 | - |
| Hazleton Mobile Home Park | 90 | 9 | - |
| Morwood Campground | 77 | 12 | - |
| Ridge Haven Inc | 74 | 92 | - |
| Poet Biorefining - Fairbank LLC | 62 | 9 | - |
| Wapsie Valley Creamery, Inc. | 60 | 53 | - |
| River Ridge HOA | 60 | 0 | - |
| Bodensteiner Implement of Rowley | 30 | 18 | - |
| Three Elms Golf Course | 29 | 48 | - |
| Dollar General (Fairbank) | 25 | 0 | - |
Compare beyond Iowa
Lower-flagged peers for Buchanan County
Cross-state counties nearest Buchanan County on flagged-system share (85.0%) and cumulative violation count (994). 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.
Similar violation load
Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).
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