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Muscatine County, Iowa

38 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 39,113 people in Muscatine County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

38
SDWIS water systems Larger third of counties
2,700
Total violations Upper third of counties
100.0%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
33.3%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (3 tested) Middle third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet IA139 · Muscatine County 38 sys · 2,700 viol · #1132/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 19.0% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1132/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-MID 33.3% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-SMALL 38 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, Muscatine County ranks #1,132 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #16 of 99 counties in Iowa. See methodology · corpus placement.

Muscatine 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 19.0% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 33.3% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,132 of 3,254 · #16 of 99 in Iowa.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Muscatine County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Muscatine 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

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Mid-flagged peers for Muscatine County

Cross-state counties nearest Muscatine County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (2,700). 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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