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Del Norte County, California

32 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 30,424 people in Del Norte County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

32
SDWIS water systems Middle third of counties
518
Total violations Lower third of counties
96.9%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
0.0%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (1 tested) Lower third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet CA015 · Del Norte County 32 sys · 518 viol · #1358/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 96.9% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 13.7% health
  • RANK-MID #1358/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.3 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 88%
  • SYS-SMALL 32 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Sutter County (+ 0.3 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Del Norte County ranks #1,358 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #52 of 58 counties in California. See methodology · corpus placement.

Del Norte County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 96.9% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 13.7% 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 #1,358 of 3,254 · #52 of 58 in California.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Del Norte County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Alpine · lowest San Mateo · near Del Norte · this county 70% 95.9% 96.2% 96.2% 96.9% 97.1%

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

Water Systems

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Mid-flagged peers for Del Norte County

Cross-state counties nearest Del Norte County on flagged-system share (96.9%) and cumulative violation count (518). 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.

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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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