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Ottawa County, Kansas

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet KS143 · Ottawa County 7 sys · 609 viol · #2763/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-NONE · SRC-GW · SYS-TINY · BOOK-MOST

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 7.1% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #2763/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-TINY 7 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Ottawa County ranks #2,763 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #57 of 105 counties in Kansas. See methodology · corpus placement.

Ottawa 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 7.1% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Ottawa County . Population served ranks #2,763 of 3,254 · #57 of 105 in Kansas.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Ottawa County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Chase · lowest Greeley · highest Wyandotte · near Leavenworth · near 85.7% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Minneapolis, City Of 1,948 36 -
Ottawa Co RWD 2 1,794 23 -
Bennington, City Of 635 26 -
Delphos, City Of 306 13 -
Tescott, City Of 271 365 -
Ottawa Co RWD 1 198 83 -
Culver, City Of 115 63 -

Compare beyond Kansas

Mid-flagged peers for Ottawa County

Cross-state counties nearest Ottawa County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (609). 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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