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Lawrence County, Indiana

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet IN093 · Lawrence County 6 sys · 1,011 viol · #1005/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-MID · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-SW · SYS-TINY · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 34.6% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1005/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 67%
  • SYS-TINY 6 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Lawrence County ranks #1,005 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #27 of 92 counties in Indiana. See methodology · corpus placement.

Lawrence 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 34.6% 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 #1,005 of 3,254 · #27 of 92 in Indiana.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Lawrence County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Hendricks · lowest Union · highest Johnson · near Madison · near 84.9% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Bedford City Utilities 14,000 149 Clean
North Lawrence Water Authority 11,625 65 Clean
East Lawrence Water Authority 8,000 29 Clean
South Lawrence Utilities 6,395 357 Clean
Mitchell Water Department 5,000 272 Clean
Oolitic Water Works 1,315 139 -

Compare beyond Indiana

Mid-flagged peers for Lawrence County

Cross-state counties nearest Lawrence County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,011). 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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