Merced County, California
SDWIS compliance plate
Sheet CA047 · Merced County 119 sys · 1,403 viol · #262/3254
VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-HIGH · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-MID · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-FULL
- VIOL-SEVERE 79.8% flagged
- HEALTH-HIGH 63.2% health
- RANK-TOP #262/3254
- PHOTO-FINISH ±0.2 pp
- PFAS-MID 45.5% detect
- SRC-GW GW lead 91%
- SYS-MID 119 systems
- BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields
Nearest flagged-rate peer: Plumas County (+ 0.2 pp flagged-rate)
According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Merced County ranks #262 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #27 of 58 counties in California. See methodology · corpus placement.
Merced County standing, lower-flagged corpus third
Flagged-system rate 79.8% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 63.2% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 45.5% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #262 of 3,254 · #27 of 58 in California.
Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Merced County
Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Merced County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.
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Lower-flagged peers for Merced County
Cross-state counties nearest Merced County on flagged-system share (79.8%) and cumulative violation count (1,403). 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.
Similar violation load
Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).
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