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Nez Perce County, Idaho

25 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 39,929 people in Nez Perce County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

25
SDWIS water systems Middle third of counties
1,887
Total violations Middle third of counties
96.0%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
50.0%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (2 tested) Upper third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet ID069 · Nez Perce County 25 sys · 1,887 viol · #1111/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 96.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 30.8% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1111/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 50.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 92%
  • SYS-SMALL 25 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Nez Perce County ranks #1,111 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #9 of 44 counties in Idaho. See methodology · corpus placement.

Nez Perce County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 96.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 30.8% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 50.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,111 of 3,254 · #9 of 44 in Idaho.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Nez Perce County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Valley · lowest Nez Perce · this county Clearwater · near Camas · highest 89.5% 95.8% 96% 96% 96.2% 96.3% 100%

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

Water Systems

Compare beyond Idaho

Mid-flagged peers for Nez Perce County

Cross-state counties nearest Nez Perce County on flagged-system share (96.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,887). 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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