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Dallas County, Iowa

22 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 73,706 people in Dallas County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

22
SDWIS water systems Middle third of counties
1,211
Total violations Middle third of counties
95.5%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
0.0%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (5 tested) Lower third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet IA049 · Dallas County 22 sys · 1,211 viol · #707/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 95.5% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 17.5% health
  • RANK-UPPER #707/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 68%
  • SYS-SMALL 22 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Dallas County ranks #707 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #10 of 99 counties in Iowa. See methodology · corpus placement.

Dallas County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 95.5% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 17.5% is health-based share in the middle 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 #707 of 3,254 · #10 of 99 in Iowa.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Dallas County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Mahaska · lowest Harrison · near Dallas · this county Ringgold · highest 75% 95% 95% 95.3% 95.5% 95.5% 100%

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

Water Systems

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Mid-flagged peers for Dallas County

Cross-state counties nearest Dallas County on flagged-system share (95.5%) and cumulative violation count (1,211). 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).

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

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