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Franklin County, Kansas

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet KS059 · Franklin County 14 sys · 1,252 viol · #1604/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-HIGH · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-SW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 53.2% health
  • RANK-MID #1604/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 100%
  • SYS-SMALL 14 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Franklin County ranks #1,604 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #22 of 105 counties in Kansas. See methodology · corpus placement.

Franklin 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 53.2% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 100.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,604 of 3,254 · #22 of 105 in Kansas.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Franklin County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Chase · lowest Greeley · highest Wyandotte · near Leavenworth · near 85.7% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Ottawa, City Of 12,604 20 Detected
Franklin Co RWD 6 2,960 94 -
Franklin Co RWD 4 2,281 64 -
Wellsville, City Of 1,933 34 -
Pomona, City Of 890 9 -
Franklin Co RWD 5 855 32 -
Franklin Co RWD 1 665 95 -
Richmond, City Of 442 459 -
Franklin Co RWD 2 400 38 -
Williamsburg, City Of 390 30 -
Princeton, City Of 252 108 -
Lane, City Of 244 77 -
Rantoul, City Of 168 92 -
Franklin Co RWD 3 85 100 -

Compare beyond Kansas

Mid-flagged peers for Franklin County

Cross-state counties nearest Franklin County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,252). 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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