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Jones County, Iowa

36 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 15,999 people in Jones County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

36
SDWIS water systems Larger third of counties
4,745
Total violations Upper third of counties
97.2%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
0.0%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (2 tested) Lower third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet IA105 · Jones County 36 sys · 4,745 viol · #1960/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 97.2% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 17.6% health
  • RANK-LOWER #1960/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.2 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-SMALL 36 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Cerro Gordo County ( -0.2 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Jones County ranks #1,960 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #34 of 99 counties in Iowa. See methodology · corpus placement.

Jones County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 97.2% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 17.6% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #1,960 of 3,254 · #34 of 99 in Iowa.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Jones County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Mahaska · lowest Kossuth · near Cerro Gordo · near Ringgold · highest 75% 96% 96.3% 96.4% 97.1% 97.2% 100%

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

Water Systems

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Mid-flagged peers for Jones County

Cross-state counties nearest Jones County on flagged-system share (97.2%) and cumulative violation count (4,745). 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).

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Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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