Effingham County, Illinois
SDWIS compliance plate
Sheet IL049 · Effingham County 16 sys · 682 viol · #1623/3254
VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-SW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL
- VIOL-SEVERE 81.3% flagged
- HEALTH-LOW 18.9% health
- RANK-MID #1623/3254
- PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
- PFAS-HIGH 50.0% detect
- SRC-SW SW lead 75%
- SYS-SMALL 16 systems
- BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields
Nearest flagged-rate peer: Douglas County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)
According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Effingham County ranks #1,623 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #53 of 102 counties in Illinois. See methodology · corpus placement.
Effingham County standing, lower-flagged corpus third
Flagged-system rate 81.3% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 18.9% 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 #1,623 of 3,254 · #53 of 102 in Illinois.
Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Effingham County
Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Effingham County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.
Water Systems
| System Name | Population | Violations | PFAS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Effingham | 12,252 | 40 | Clean |
| Lake Sara Area Water Co-Op, Inc. | 3,352 | 18 | Detected |
| Altamont | 2,300 | 100 | - |
| Teutopolis | 1,599 | 28 | - |
| Heartville Pwd | 1,092 | 25 | - |
| Dieterich | 900 | 70 | - |
| Ej Water-Watson | 754 | 25 | - |
| Beecher City | 500 | 126 | - |
| Edgewood | 440 | 30 | - |
| Ej Water-Montrose | 201 | 57 | - |
| Snake Trail Wtr Assn | 120 | 108 | - |
| Easy Breeze Manufactured Home Park | 108 | 51 | - |
| Martins Iga Effingham | 25 | 0 | - |
| Wal-Mart Supercenter #0936 | 25 | 0 | - |
| Icehouse Effingham | 25 | 0 | - |
| Ice House Altamont | 25 | 4 | - |
Compare beyond Illinois
Lower-flagged peers for Effingham County
Cross-state counties nearest Effingham County on flagged-system share (81.3%) and cumulative violation count (682). 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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