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Jackson County, Missouri

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MO095 · Jackson County 23 sys · 559 viol · #179/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-MID · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-LOW · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 22.4% health
  • RANK-TOP #179/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-LOW 16.7% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 74%
  • SYS-SMALL 23 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Jackson County ranks #179 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #3 of 115 counties in Missouri. See methodology · corpus placement.

Jackson 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 22.4% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 16.7% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #179 of 3,254 · #3 of 115 in Missouri.

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% Shannon · lowest Mercer · highest St. Louis city · near Clay · near 69.6% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Independence PWS 120,000 11 Clean
Lees Summit PWS 99,400 33 Detected
Blue Springs PWS 61,084 10 Clean
Jackson County PWSD 1 24,500 2 Clean
Raytown Water Company 17,066 29 Clean
Jackson County PWSD 2 16,440 19 Clean
Grain Valley PWS 16,000 30 Clean
Jackson County PWSD 13 9,002 16 Clean
Jackson County PWSD 15 8,772 14 Clean
Oak Grove PWS 8,289 41 Clean
Jackson County PWSD 12 5,705 20 Detected
Jackson County PWSD 16 4,075 35 Clean
Sugar Creek PWS 3,500 10 -
Buckner PWS 3,076 21 -
Jackson County PWSD 17 2,530 2 -
Lake City Army Ammunition Plt 2,000 10 -
Unity Village 1,000 118 -
Lake Tapawingo PWS 995 37 -
Highland Manor 805 30 -
Sibley PWS 375 24 -
Valley View Mhc LLC 320 1 -
Midwest MHP Lindale LLC 250 3 -
Levasy PWS 82 43 -

Compare beyond Missouri

Mid-flagged peers for Jackson County

Cross-state counties nearest Jackson County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (559). 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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