PlainWater

County profile · EPA SDWIS + UCMR5

Henry County, Illinois

77 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 43,864 people in Henry County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

77
SDWIS water systems Larger third of counties
5,798
Total violations Upper third of counties
81.8%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Lower third of counties
50.0%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (2 tested) Upper third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet IL073 · Henry County 77 sys · 5,798 viol · #1045/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-MID · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 81.8% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 33.7% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1045/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 50.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-MID 77 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Henry County ranks #1,045 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #31 of 102 counties in Illinois. See methodology · corpus placement.

Henry County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 81.8% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 33.7% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 50.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,045 of 3,254 · #31 of 102 in Illinois.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Henry County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Sangamon · lowest Henry · this county Edgar · near Pulaski · highest 58.8% 81.6% 81.8% 81.8% 81.8% 82.1% 100%

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

Water Systems

Compare beyond Illinois

Lower-flagged peers for Henry County

Cross-state counties nearest Henry County on flagged-system share (81.8%) and cumulative violation count (5,798). 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

Every figure on PlainWater is rendered directly from EPA SDWIS drinking-water data, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.