Mercer County, West Virginia
SDWIS compliance plate
Sheet WV055 · Mercer County 13 sys · 18,223 viol · #1317/3254
VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-MID · BELOW-PEER · PFAS-MID · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL
- VIOL-SEVERE 92.3% flagged
- HEALTH-LOW 2.3% health
- RANK-MID #1317/3254
- BELOW-PEER 2.1 pp cleaner
- PFAS-MID 25.0% detect
- SRC-GW GW lead 54%
- SYS-SMALL 13 systems
- BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields
Nearest flagged-rate peer: Raleigh County (+ 2.1 pp flagged-rate)
According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Mercer County ranks #1,317 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #16 of 55 counties in West Virginia. See methodology · corpus placement.
Mercer County standing, lower-flagged corpus third
Flagged-system rate 92.3% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 2.3% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 25.0% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,317 of 3,254 · #16 of 55 in West Virginia.
Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Mercer County
Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Mercer County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.
Water Systems
| System Name | Population | Violations | PFAS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wvawc Bluefield District | 12,174 | 0 | Clean |
| Bluewell Psd | 6,216 | 691 | Detected |
| Athens Town Of | 5,633 | 37 | Clean |
| Green Valley Glenwood Psd Glenwood | 4,914 | 112 | Clean |
| Green Valley Glenwood Psd Bulltail | 2,130 | 73 | - |
| Raleigh County Psd Egeria | 200 | 47 | - |
| Pinnacle Water Association | 85 | 11,356 | - |
| Hiawatha Water | 63 | 5,589 | - |
| Camp Creek State Park | 50 | 30 | - |
| Camp Creek State Park Blue Jay | 50 | 69 | - |
| Camp Creek State Park Farley Branch | 50 | 76 | - |
| Pinnacle Rock State Park | 25 | 50 | - |
| Kairos Wilderness Resort | 25 | 93 | - |
Compare beyond West Virginia
Lower-flagged peers for Mercer County
Cross-state counties nearest Mercer County on flagged-system share (92.3%) and cumulative violation count (18,223). 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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