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Louisa County, Iowa

22 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 9,731 people in Louisa County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

22
SDWIS water systems Middle third of counties
1,727
Total violations Middle third of counties
100.0%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
-
UCMR5 PFAS (none tested) No UCMR5 tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet IA115 · Louisa County 22 sys · 1,727 viol · #2377/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-NONE · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-MOST

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 19.1% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2377/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-SMALL 22 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Louisa County ranks #2,377 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #64 of 99 counties in Iowa. See methodology · corpus placement.

Louisa 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 19.1% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Louisa County . Population served ranks #2,377 of 3,254 · #64 of 99 in Iowa.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Louisa County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Mahaska · lowest Ringgold · highest Decatur · near Des Moines · near 75% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

Compare beyond Iowa

Mid-flagged peers for Louisa County

Cross-state counties nearest Louisa County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,727). 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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