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Elk County, Pennsylvania

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet PA047 · Elk County 29 sys · 3,650 viol · #1241/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 96.6% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 9.2% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1241/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 76%
  • SYS-SMALL 29 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Elk County ranks #1,241 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #49 of 68 counties in Pennsylvania. See methodology · corpus placement.

Elk County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 96.6% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 9.2% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #1,241 of 3,254 · #49 of 68 in Pennsylvania.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Elk County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Greene · lowest Lehigh · near Elk · this county Sullivan · highest 66.7% 96.5% 96.5% 96.5% 96.6% 96.7% 100%

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

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Mid-flagged peers for Elk County

Cross-state counties nearest Elk County on flagged-system share (96.6%) and cumulative violation count (3,650). 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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