County profile · EPA SDWIS + UCMR5
Howard County, Indiana
44 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 73,406 people in Howard County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.
- 44
- SDWIS water systems Larger third of counties
- 5,685
- Total violations Upper third of counties
- 97.7%
- SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
- 0.0%
- UCMR5 PFAS rate (1 tested) Lower third of counties with tests
SDWIS compliance plate
Sheet IN067 · Howard County 44 sys · 5,685 viol · #712/3254
VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-FULL
- VIOL-SEVERE 97.7% flagged
- HEALTH-LOW 6.0% health
- RANK-UPPER #712/3254
- PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
- PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
- SRC-GW GW lead 98%
- SYS-MID 44 systems
- BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields
Nearest flagged-rate peer: Tippecanoe County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)
According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Howard County ranks #712 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #18 of 92 counties in Indiana. See methodology · corpus placement.
Howard County standing, mid-flagged corpus third
Flagged-system rate 97.7% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 6.0% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #712 of 3,254 · #18 of 92 in Indiana.
Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Howard County
Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Howard County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.
Water Systems
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Mid-flagged peers for Howard County
Cross-state counties nearest Howard County on flagged-system share (97.7%) and cumulative violation count (5,685). 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.
Similar violation load
Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).
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