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Fremont County, Iowa

13 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 5,711 people in Fremont County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

13
SDWIS water systems Middle third of counties
996
Total violations Middle third of counties
92.3%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Lower third of counties
-
UCMR5 PFAS (none tested) No UCMR5 tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet IA071 · Fremont County 13 sys · 996 viol · #2731/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 92.3% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 13.3% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #2731/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 92%
  • SYS-SMALL 13 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Fremont County ranks #2,731 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #88 of 99 counties in Iowa. See methodology · corpus placement.

Fremont County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 92.3% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 13.3% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Fremont County . Population served ranks #2,731 of 3,254 · #88 of 99 in Iowa.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Fremont County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Mahaska · lowest Fremont · this county Humboldt · near Ringgold · highest 75% 92.2% 92.3% 92.3% 92.3% 92.9% 100%

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

Water Systems

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Lower-flagged peers for Fremont County

Cross-state counties nearest Fremont County on flagged-system share (92.3%) and cumulative violation count (996). 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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