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Lauderdale County, Alabama

8 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 125,019 people in Lauderdale County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

8
SDWIS water systems Smaller third of counties
164
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 AL077 · Lauderdale County 8 sys · 164 viol · #500/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 14.0% health
  • RANK-TOP #500/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 83.3% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 50%
  • SYS-TINY 8 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Lauderdale County ranks #500 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #14 of 67 counties in Alabama. See methodology · corpus placement.

Lauderdale 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 14.0% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 83.3% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #500 of 3,254 · #14 of 67 in Alabama.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Lauderdale County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Bibb · lowest Greene · highest Madison · near Baldwin · near 80% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

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Mid-flagged peers for Lauderdale County

Cross-state counties nearest Lauderdale County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (164). 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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