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Johnson County, Kansas

9 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 668,443 people in Johnson County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

9
SDWIS water systems Smaller third of counties
321
Total violations Lower third of counties
100.0%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
83.3%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (6 tested) Upper third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet KS091 · Johnson County 9 sys · 321 viol · #104/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-MID · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-SW · SYS-TINY · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 25.5% health
  • RANK-TOP #104/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 83.3% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 78%
  • SYS-TINY 9 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Johnson County ranks #104 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #1 of 105 counties in Kansas. See methodology · corpus placement.

Johnson 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 25.5% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 83.3% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #104 of 3,254 · #1 of 105 in Kansas.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Johnson County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Chase · lowest Greeley · highest Shawnee · near Riley · near 85.7% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Water District 1 of Johnson Co 482,000 5 Detected
Olathe, City Of 143,014 58 Clean
Gardner, City Of 23,942 70 Detected
Johnson Co RWD 7 6,457 23 Detected
Spring Hill, City Of 5,694 20 Detected
Desoto, City Of 4,645 52 Detected
Edgerton, City Of 1,741 21 -
New Century Air Center 500 14 -
Clearview City, City Of 450 58 -

Compare beyond Kansas

Mid-flagged peers for Johnson County

Cross-state counties nearest Johnson County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (321). 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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