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Faulk County, South Dakota

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet SD049 · Faulk County 6 sys · 484 viol · #3147/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 16.3% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #3147/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-SW SW lead 50%
  • SYS-TINY 6 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Faulk County ranks #3,147 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #50 of 65 counties in South Dakota. See methodology · corpus placement.

Faulk County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 100.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 16.3% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Faulk County . Population served ranks #3,147 of 3,254 · #50 of 65 in South Dakota.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Faulk County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Shannon · lowest Buffalo · highest Lincoln · near Codington · near 50% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Faulkton 693 22 -
Brentwood Colony 137 305 -
Blumengard Colony 133 48 -
Evergreen Colony 120 59 -
Cresbard 96 10 -
Seneca 25 40 -

Compare beyond South Dakota

Mid-flagged peers for Faulk County

Cross-state counties nearest Faulk County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (484). 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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