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Cass County, Illinois

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet IL017 · Cass County 12 sys · 663 viol · #2110/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 83.3% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 31.2% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2110/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 92%
  • SYS-SMALL 12 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Cass County ranks #2,110 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #70 of 102 counties in Illinois. See methodology · corpus placement.

Cass County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 83.3% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 31.2% 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 #2,110 of 3,254 · #70 of 102 in Illinois.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Cass County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Sangamon · lowest Jackson · near Jasper · near Pulaski · highest 58.8% 83.3% 83.3% 83.3% 83.3% 83.3% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Beardstown 5,951 52 Clean
Jbs Corporation 2,000 201 -
Virginia 1,514 36 -
Ashland 1,333 127 -
Chandlerville 838 148 -
Arenzville Rural Water Cooperative 675 4 -
Arenzville 419 66 -
Cass Rural Water District 403 0 -
St Peter Lutheran Church (131946) 150 13 -
Save a Lot Beardstown 125 12 -
Beardstown Marina Campsite 30 4 -
Walmart Supercenter 1451 Beardstown 25 0 -

Compare beyond Illinois

Lower-flagged peers for Cass County

Cross-state counties nearest Cass County on flagged-system share (83.3%) and cumulative violation count (663). 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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