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Cape Girardeau County, Missouri

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MO031 · Cape Girardeau County 30 sys · 2,275 viol · #715/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 96.7% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 37.5% health
  • RANK-UPPER #715/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-MID 33.3% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-SMALL 30 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Cape Girardeau County ranks #715 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #14 of 115 counties in Missouri. See methodology · corpus placement.

Cape Girardeau County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 96.7% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 37.5% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 33.3% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #715 of 3,254 · #14 of 115 in Missouri.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Cape Girardeau County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Shannon · lowest Phelps · near Mercer · highest 69.6% 96.3% 96.5% 96.6% 96.7% 96.7% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Cape Girardeau PWS 39,941 71 Detected
Jackson PWS 15,000 9 Clean
Cape Perry County PWSD 1 South 8,545 82 Clean
Cape Girardeau County PWSD 2 2,500 66 -
Cape Girardeau County PWSD 4 1,743 52 -
Procter & Gamble Paper Prod Co 1,200 6 -
Hillcrest Utility Operating Company Inc 700 320 -
Trail of Tears State Park Campgrd 500 17 -
Cape Girardeau County PWSD 5 485 61 -
Delta PWS 480 47 -
Parkwood Estates LLC 350 146 -
Nell Holcomb R 4 Elementary School 300 77 -
Whitewater Allenville PWS 228 25 -
Windwood Estates Subd 170 17 -
Mid America Teen Challenge 135 208 -
Carolina Oaks Plantation 126 13 -
North Hills Estates 100 37 -
Rapco Horizon County 100 15 -
Enclave Apts & Affordable Mini Storage 92 18 -
Hidden Valley Fishing Club 61 95 -
Country Village Estates Subdivision 54 165 -
Royal Lake Estates 52 2 -
Westlake Meadows Subdivision 50 396 -
Trail of Tears St Park Visitor Center 50 42 -
Zion United Methodist Church 35 4 -
Winfield Pointe Estates 33 1 -
Upper Bend Road Subdivision 28 232 -
Rons Meat Shop LLC 25 40 -
Perryville Road RV Park 25 0 -
Dollar General #21760 Jackson 25 11 -

Compare beyond Missouri

Mid-flagged peers for Cape Girardeau County

Cross-state counties nearest Cape Girardeau County on flagged-system share (96.7%) and cumulative violation count (2,275). 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

Read our methodology · Check your water system - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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

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