County profile · EPA SDWIS + UCMR5
Kent County, Maryland
58 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 20,499 people in Kent County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.
- 58
- SDWIS water systems Larger third of counties
- 1,297
- Total violations Middle third of counties
- 96.6%
- 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 MD029 · Kent County 58 sys · 1,297 viol · #1748/3254
VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-MID · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-FULL
- VIOL-SEVERE 96.6% flagged
- HEALTH-MID 42.6% health
- RANK-MID #1748/3254
- PHOTO-FINISH ±0.6 pp
- PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
- SRC-GW GW lead 100%
- SYS-MID 58 systems
- BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields
Nearest flagged-rate peer: Wicomico County ( -0.6 pp flagged-rate)
According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Kent County ranks #1,748 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #22 of 24 counties in Maryland. See methodology · corpus placement.
Kent County standing, mid-flagged corpus third
Flagged-system rate 96.6% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 42.6% is health-based share above the upper 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 #1,748 of 3,254 · #22 of 24 in Maryland.
Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Kent County
Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Kent County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.
Water Systems
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Mid-flagged peers for Kent County
Cross-state counties nearest Kent County on flagged-system share (96.6%) and cumulative violation count (1,297). 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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