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Essex County, Virginia

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet VA057 · Essex County 20 sys · 631 viol · #2874/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-NONE · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-MOST

  • VIOL-SEVERE 95.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 14.7% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #2874/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-SMALL 20 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Essex County ranks #2,874 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #83 of 95 counties in Virginia. See methodology · corpus placement.

Essex County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 95.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 14.7% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Essex County . Population served ranks #2,874 of 3,254 · #83 of 95 in Virginia.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Essex County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Prince Edward · lowest Goochland · near Essex · this county Highland · highest 44.4% 94.7% 94.7% 94.7% 95% 95% 100%

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

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Mid-flagged peers for Essex County

Cross-state counties nearest Essex County on flagged-system share (95.0%) and cumulative violation count (631). 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).

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

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