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Bureau County, Illinois

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet IL011 · Bureau County 56 sys · 6,440 viol · #1396/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-MID · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 91.1% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 33.0% health
  • RANK-MID #1396/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-MID 56 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Bureau County ranks #1,396 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #47 of 102 counties in Illinois. See methodology · corpus placement.

Bureau County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 91.1% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 33.0% is health-based share above the upper 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 #1,396 of 3,254 · #47 of 102 in Illinois.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Bureau County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Sangamon · lowest White · near Boone · near Pulaski · highest 58.8% 90.9% 90.9% 91.1% 91.1% 91.4% 100%

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

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Compare beyond Illinois

Lower-flagged peers for Bureau County

Cross-state counties nearest Bureau County on flagged-system share (91.1%) and cumulative violation count (6,440). 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.

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Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

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Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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