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Chautauqua County, Kansas

10 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 2,840 people in Chautauqua County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

10
SDWIS water systems Smaller third of counties
1,223
Total violations Middle third of counties
100.0%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
-
UCMR5 PFAS (none tested) No UCMR5 tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet KS019 · Chautauqua County 10 sys · 1,223 viol · #2992/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-NONE · SRC-SW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-MOST

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 42.2% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #2992/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-SW SW lead 90%
  • SYS-SMALL 10 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Chautauqua County ranks #2,992 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #76 of 105 counties in Kansas. See methodology · corpus placement.

Chautauqua 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 42.2% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Chautauqua County . Population served ranks #2,992 of 3,254 · #76 of 105 in Kansas.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Chautauqua County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Chase · lowest Greeley · highest Wyandotte · near Leavenworth · near 85.7% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Sedan, City Of 1,005 170 -
Chautauqua Co RWD 4 475 30 -
Cedar Vale, City Of 475 97 -
Chautauqua Co RWD 2 278 46 -
Chautauqua Co RWD 3 200 106 -
Chautauqua Co RWD 1 135 74 -
Chautauqua, City Of 110 95 -
Peru, City Of 105 121 -
Elgin, City Of 56 398 -
Public Wholesale WSD 20 1 86 -

Compare beyond Kansas

Mid-flagged peers for Chautauqua County

Cross-state counties nearest Chautauqua County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,223). 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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