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Macoupin County, Illinois

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet IL117 · Macoupin County 37 sys · 3,529 viol · #1021/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 81.1% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 51.3% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1021/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-MID 33.3% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 92%
  • SYS-SMALL 37 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Macoupin County ranks #1,021 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #30 of 102 counties in Illinois. See methodology · corpus placement.

Macoupin County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 81.1% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 51.3% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 33.3% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,021 of 3,254 · #30 of 102 in Illinois.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Macoupin County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Sangamon · lowest Livingston · near Douglas · near Pulaski · highest 58.8% 81.1% 81.1% 81.3% 81.3% 81.5% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Carlinville 6,598 243 Clean
Staunton 5,756 201 Detected
Brighton 5,041 89 Detected
Gillespie 3,737 275 Clean
Virden 3,274 30 Clean
Mount Olive 2,193 269 Clean
Girard 1,885 52 -
Central Macoupin County RWD 1,883 160 -
Bunker Hill 1,760 10 -
Benld 1,612 87 -
Nilwood 1,394 85 -
Otter Lake Water Commission 1,318 71 -
Lake Williamson Christian Center 1,250 117 -
South Palmyra Water Commission 838 39 -
Kaho Public Water District 785 34 -
Scottville Rural Water Company, Inc. 695 139 -
Shipman 656 113 -
Palmyra 605 73 -
Sawyerville 578 106 -
Dorchester 562 79 -
Wilsonville 536 122 -
Medora 484 45 -
White City 433 198 -
Mount Clare 311 56 -
Royal Lakes 235 111 -
Modesto 182 66 -
Hettick 174 247 -
Chesterfield 170 73 -
Eagarville 127 116 -
Palmyra-Modesto Water Commission 110 223 -
J's Snack Shack 25 0 -
Walmart Supercenter 0334 Carlinville 25 0 -
Twice the Ice Carlinville 25 0 -
Twice the Ice Staunton 25 0 -
Polar Ice and Water - Gillespie 25 0 -
Magic Wand Car Wash Benld 25 0 -
Wilsonville Water Ice Vending 25 0 -

Compare beyond Illinois

Lower-flagged peers for Macoupin County

Cross-state counties nearest Macoupin County on flagged-system share (81.1%) and cumulative violation count (3,529). 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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