Dakota County, Minnesota
SDWIS compliance plate
Sheet MN037 · Dakota County 135 sys · 1,282 viol · #183/3254
VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-HIGH · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-GW · SYS-LARGE · BOOK-FULL
- VIOL-SEVERE 60.7% flagged
- HEALTH-HIGH 61.5% health
- RANK-TOP #183/3254
- PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
- PFAS-HIGH 88.9% detect
- SRC-GW GW lead 99%
- SYS-LARGE 135 systems
- BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields
Nearest flagged-rate peer: Stearns County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)
According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Dakota County ranks #183 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #3 of 87 counties in Minnesota. See methodology · corpus placement.
Dakota County standing, lower-flagged corpus third
Flagged-system rate 60.7% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 61.5% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 88.9% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #183 of 3,254 · #3 of 87 in Minnesota.
Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Dakota County
Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Dakota County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.
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Lower-flagged peers for Dakota County
Cross-state counties nearest Dakota County on flagged-system share (60.7%) and cumulative violation count (1,282). 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.
Similar violation load
Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).
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