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Lorain County, Ohio

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet OH093 · Lorain County 17 sys · 1,534 viol · #207/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 21.1% health
  • RANK-TOP #207/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-LOW 18.2% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 94%
  • SYS-SMALL 17 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Lorain County ranks #207 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #8 of 88 counties in Ohio. See methodology · corpus placement.

Lorain 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 21.1% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 18.2% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #207 of 3,254 · #8 of 88 in Ohio.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Lorain County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Fayette · lowest Vinton · highest Delaware · near Scioto · near 78.6% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Rural Lorain Co. Water A 73,125 21 Detected
Elyria Water Department 68,000 74 Clean
Lorain City PWS 64,152 83 Clean
North Ridgeville City PWS 29,465 11 Clean
Avon City PWS 23,800 14 Clean
Avon Lake City PWS 23,659 21 Clean
Amherst City PWS 11,797 9 Clean
Sheffield Lake City PWS 9,108 11 Clean
Oberlin Water Department 8,600 32 Detected
Wellington Village PWS 4,802 79 Clean
Sheffield Village PWS 4,165 20 Clean
Grafton Village PWS 2,769 526 -
Lagrange Village PWS 2,400 35 -
South Amherst Village PWS 1,688 487 -
Pheasant Run Association PWS 1,550 58 -
Pine Ridge MHP 570 25 -
Autorama Twin Theater 500 28 -

Compare beyond Ohio

Mid-flagged peers for Lorain County

Cross-state counties nearest Lorain County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,534). 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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