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Butler County, Ohio

22 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 378,755 people in Butler County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

22
SDWIS water systems Middle third of counties
1,035
Total violations Middle third of counties
81.8%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Lower third of counties
77.8%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (9 tested) Upper third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet OH017 · Butler County 22 sys · 1,035 viol · #191/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 81.8% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 17.9% health
  • RANK-TOP #191/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 77.8% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 86%
  • SYS-SMALL 22 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Butler County ranks #191 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #7 of 88 counties in Ohio. See methodology · corpus placement.

Butler County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 81.8% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 17.9% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 77.8% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #191 of 3,254 · #7 of 88 in Ohio.

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% Fayette · lowest Marion · near Paulding · near Vinton · highest 78.6% 81.8% 81.8% 82.1% 82.8% 83.3% 100%

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

Water Systems

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Lower-flagged peers for Butler County

Cross-state counties nearest Butler County on flagged-system share (81.8%) and cumulative violation count (1,035). 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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