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Butler County, Missouri

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MO023 · Butler County 14 sys · 1,027 viol · #1216/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 34.2% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1216/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 93%
  • SYS-SMALL 14 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Butler County ranks #1,216 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #27 of 115 counties in Missouri. See methodology · corpus placement.

Butler 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 34.2% 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 #1,216 of 3,254 · #27 of 115 in Missouri.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Butler County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Shannon · lowest Mercer · highest Jackson · near Boone · near 69.6% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Poplar Bluff PWS 17,043 192 Clean
Butler County PWSD 1 11,500 13 Clean
Butler County PWSD 3 2,600 16 -
Butler County PWSD 2 1,625 65 -
Butler County PWSD 104 475 21 -
Qulin PWS 375 92 -
Fisk PWS 342 38 -
Neelyville PWS 310 187 -
Crabb & Company 300 134 -
Liberty Utilities Lakeland Hts Water Co 290 28 -
W E Sears Youth Center 150 12 -
Liberty Utilities Oakbrier Estates 143 48 -
Camelot Estates MHP 75 29 -
Stop & Go 25 152 -

Compare beyond Missouri

Mid-flagged peers for Butler County

Cross-state counties nearest Butler County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,027). 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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