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Monroe County, Iowa

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet IA135 · Monroe County 2 sys · 97 viol · #2871/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 16.5% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #2871/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 100%
  • SYS-TINY 2 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Monroe County ranks #2,871 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #93 of 99 counties in Iowa. See methodology · corpus placement.

Monroe 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 16.5% 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 #2,871 of 3,254 · #93 of 99 in Iowa.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Monroe County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Mahaska · lowest Ringgold · highest Decatur · near Des Moines · near 75% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Albia Municipal Water Works 3,721 96 Detected
Lovilia Municipal Water Department 472 1 -

Compare beyond Iowa

Mid-flagged peers for Monroe County

Cross-state counties nearest Monroe County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (97). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

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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