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Perkins County, South Dakota

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet SD105 · Perkins County 3 sys · 214 viol · #3076/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 8.4% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #3076/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-SW SW lead 100%
  • SYS-TINY 3 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Perkins County ranks #3,076 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #42 of 65 counties in South Dakota. See methodology · corpus placement.

Perkins 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 8.4% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Perkins County . Population served ranks #3,076 of 3,254 · #42 of 65 in South Dakota.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Perkins County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Shannon · lowest Buffalo · highest Lincoln · near Codington · near 50% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Lemmon 1,156 105 -
Perkins County Rural Water 470 4 -
Bison 310 105 -

Compare beyond South Dakota

Mid-flagged peers for Perkins County

Cross-state counties nearest Perkins County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (214). 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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