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Cole County, Missouri

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MO051 · Cole County 17 sys · 1,128 viol · #705/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 33.7% health
  • RANK-UPPER #705/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 50.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 94%
  • SYS-SMALL 17 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, Cole County ranks #705 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #13 of 115 counties in Missouri. See methodology · corpus placement.

Cole 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 33.7% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 50.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #705 of 3,254 · #13 of 115 in Missouri.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Cole County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Cole 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
MO American Jefferson City District 30,075 50 Detected
Cole County PWSD 1 16,548 6 Detected
Cole County PWSD 2 13,107 25 Clean
Cole County PWSD 4 7,568 81 Clean
Cole County PWSD 3 2,000 6 -
MO American Wardsville 1,506 70 -
Russellville PWS 800 2 -
Cole R V School 700 13 -
Centertown PWS 278 168 -
Cole County PWSD 5 260 59 -
MO American Lake Carmel 215 17 -
17 Eagle Stop 200 265 -
Steves Family Style Restaurant 172 56 -
Eugene PWS 125 177 -
MO American Red Field Subdivision 105 70 -
Lohmans Eagle Stop 100 59 -
Wren Assoc 40 4 -

Compare beyond Missouri

Mid-flagged peers for Cole County

Cross-state counties nearest Cole County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,128). 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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