Douglas County, Kansas
SDWIS compliance plate
Sheet KS045 · Douglas County 14 sys · 244 viol · #410/3254
VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-MID · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-SW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL
- VIOL-SEVERE 92.9% flagged
- HEALTH-MID 23.0% health
- RANK-TOP #410/3254
- PHOTO-FINISH ±0.2 pp
- PFAS-HIGH 50.0% detect
- SRC-SW SW lead 86%
- SYS-SMALL 14 systems
- BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields
Nearest flagged-rate peer: Sedgwick County (+ 0.2 pp flagged-rate)
According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Douglas County ranks #410 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #4 of 105 counties in Kansas. See methodology · corpus placement.
Douglas County standing, mid-flagged corpus third
Flagged-system rate 92.9% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 23.0% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 50.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #410 of 3,254 · #4 of 105 in Kansas.
Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Douglas County
Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Douglas County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.
Water Systems
| System Name | Population | Violations | PFAS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence, City Of | 95,256 | 12 | Detected |
| University of Kansas | 35,000 | 28 | Detected |
| Eudora, City Of | 6,449 | 6 | Clean |
| Baldwin City, City Of | 4,882 | 45 | Clean |
| Douglas Co RWD 3 | 4,663 | 37 | Detected |
| Douglas Co RWD 4 | 3,000 | 26 | Clean |
| Douglas Co RWD 5 | 2,500 | 8 | - |
| Douglas Co RWD 1 | 1,400 | 8 | - |
| Douglas Co RWD 2 | 1,163 | 24 | - |
| Lecompton, City Of | 592 | 11 | - |
| Douglas Co RWD 6 | 360 | 25 | - |
| Lawrence Kta | 25 | 11 | - |
| Clinton Reservoir | 25 | 3 | - |
| Public Wholesale WSD 25 | 1 | 0 | - |
Compare beyond Kansas
Mid-flagged peers for Douglas County
Cross-state counties nearest Douglas County on flagged-system share (92.9%) and cumulative violation count (244). 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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