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Kauai County, Hawaii

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet HI007 · Kauai County 19 sys · 415 viol · #682/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 94.7% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 10.8% health
  • RANK-UPPER #682/3254
  • ABOVE-PEER +12.2 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 95%
  • SYS-SMALL 19 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Honolulu County ( -12.2 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Kauai County ranks #682 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #4 of 4 counties in Hawaii. See methodology · corpus placement.

Kauai County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 94.7% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 10.8% 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 #682 of 3,254 · #4 of 4 in Hawaii.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Kauai County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Hawaii · lowest Honolulu · near 74.4% 76.9% 82.5% 94.7%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Lihue-Kapaa 34,854 37 Clean
Kalaheo-Koloa 12,660 3 Clean
Princeville 6,911 13 Clean
Kekaha-Waimea 5,998 21 Clean
Hanapepe-Eleele 5,592 11 Clean
Kilauea 3,420 1 Clean
Anahola 2,473 1 -
Kokee State Park 2,000 83 -
Gay & Robinson 1,271 58 -
Pacific Missile Range Facility 1,200 15 -
Haena-Wainiha 833 4 -
Hanalei 500 1 -
Anahola Farm Lots 385 2 -
Polihale State Park 300 39 -
Kealia 260 25 -
Kahili Mountain Park 175 82 -
Anini 174 4 -
Moloaa Irrigation Cooperative 100 15 -
Koolau Ranch 60 0 -

Compare beyond Hawaii

Mid-flagged peers for Kauai County

Cross-state counties nearest Kauai County on flagged-system share (94.7%) and cumulative violation count (415). 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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