Kennebec County, Maine
SDWIS compliance plate
Sheet ME011 · Kennebec County 169 sys · 9,772 viol · #679/3254
VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-GW · SYS-LARGE · BOOK-FULL
- VIOL-SEVERE 88.8% flagged
- HEALTH-LOW 15.5% health
- RANK-UPPER #679/3254
- ABOVE-PEER +1.5 pp
- PFAS-HIGH 66.7% detect
- SRC-GW GW lead 96%
- SYS-LARGE 169 systems
- BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields
Nearest flagged-rate peer: Androscoggin County ( -1.5 pp flagged-rate)
According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Kennebec County ranks #679 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #4 of 16 counties in Maine. See methodology · corpus placement.
Kennebec County standing, lower-flagged corpus third
Flagged-system rate 88.8% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 15.5% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 66.7% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #679 of 3,254 · #4 of 16 in Maine.
Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Kennebec County
Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Kennebec County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.
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Lower-flagged peers for Kennebec County
Cross-state counties nearest Kennebec County on flagged-system share (88.8%) and cumulative violation count (9,772). 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.
Similar violation load
Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).
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