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Ida County, Iowa

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet IA093 · Ida County 7 sys · 702 viol · #2760/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 49.4% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #2760/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-TINY 7 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Ida County ranks #2,760 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #90 of 99 counties in Iowa. See methodology · corpus placement.

Ida 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 49.4% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Ida County . Population served ranks #2,760 of 3,254 · #90 of 99 in Iowa.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Ida County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Mahaska · lowest Ringgold · highest Decatur · near Des Moines · near 75% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Ida Grove Water Utility 2,051 59 -
Holstein, City Of 1,501 85 -
Battle Creek Water Supply 700 142 -
Galva Water Supply 435 137 -
Crawford Creek Park 250 63 -
Arthur Municipal Water Supply 222 158 -
Moorehead Park #1 150 58 -

Compare beyond Iowa

Mid-flagged peers for Ida County

Cross-state counties nearest Ida County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (702). 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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