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McLean County, North Dakota

13 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 9,697 people in McLean County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

13
SDWIS water systems Middle third of counties
559
Total violations Lower 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 ND055 · McLean County 13 sys · 559 viol · #2382/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 43.3% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2382/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-SW SW lead 62%
  • SYS-SMALL 13 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, McLean County ranks #2,382 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #14 of 52 counties in North Dakota. See methodology · corpus placement.

McLean 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 43.3% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for McLean County . Population served ranks #2,382 of 3,254 · #14 of 52 in North Dakota.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around McLean County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Morton · lowest Slope · highest Stark · near Richland · near 61.5% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

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Mid-flagged peers for McLean County

Cross-state counties nearest McLean County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (559). 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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