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Jackson County, Illinois

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet IL077 · Jackson County 24 sys · 761 viol · #886/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 83.3% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 26.0% health
  • RANK-UPPER #886/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-MID 25.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 92%
  • SYS-SMALL 24 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Jackson County ranks #886 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #25 of 102 counties in Illinois. See methodology · corpus placement.

Jackson County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 83.3% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 26.0% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 25.0% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #886 of 3,254 · #25 of 102 in Illinois.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Jackson County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Sangamon · lowest McDonough · near Fayette · near Pulaski · highest 58.8% 83.3% 83.3% 83.3% 83.3% 83.3% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Carbondale 22,107 42 Clean
Murphysboro 10,241 55 Detected
Murdale Pwd 4,963 17 Clean
South Highway Pwd 4,501 38 Clean
Lakeside Pwd 3,065 72 -
DE Soto 1,910 38 -
Dowell 1,188 18 -
Gorham 1,143 39 -
Oraville Water District 1,108 7 -
Elkville 1,068 33 -
Ava 1,053 40 -
Buncombe Water District 1,030 53 -
Elverado Water District 763 20 -
Vergennes 648 108 -
Grand Tower 559 63 -
Campbell Hill 414 31 -
Murphysboro Lsrc 250 0 -
Crab Orchard Estates 238 12 -
Evergreen Wildwood Mobile Home Park 230 22 -
Schnucks #722 25 0 -
Walmart 0196 E Main Carbondale 25 0 -
Neighborhood Co-Op Grocery 25 6 -
Walmart 302 Murphysboro 25 0 -
Kinkaid Area Water System 1 47 -

Compare beyond Illinois

Lower-flagged peers for Jackson County

Cross-state counties nearest Jackson County on flagged-system share (83.3%) and cumulative violation count (761). 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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