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Macon County, Missouri

7 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 21,230 people in Macon County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

7
SDWIS water systems Smaller third of counties
306
Total violations Lower third of counties
100.0%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
100.0%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (2 tested) Upper third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MO121 · Macon County 7 sys · 306 viol · #1717/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 18.3% health
  • RANK-MID #1717/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 100%
  • SYS-TINY 7 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Macon County ranks #1,717 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #44 of 115 counties in Missouri. See methodology · corpus placement.

Macon 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 18.3% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 100.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,717 of 3,254 · #44 of 115 in Missouri.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Macon County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Shannon · lowest Mercer · highest Jackson · near Boone · near 69.6% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Macon Co PWSD 1 12,865 47 Detected
Macon PWS 5,489 61 Detected
Laplata PWS 1,366 19 -
Bevier PWS 762 18 -
Atlanta PWS 385 92 -
Callao PWS 311 55 -
Elmer PWS 52 14 -

Compare beyond Missouri

Mid-flagged peers for Macon County

Cross-state counties nearest Macon County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (306). 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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