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Pickaway County, Ohio

40 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 45,484 people in Pickaway County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

40
SDWIS water systems Larger third of counties
4,202
Total violations Upper third of counties
92.5%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Lower third of counties
20.0%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (5 tested) Middle third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet OH129 · Pickaway County 40 sys · 4,202 viol · #1020/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 92.5% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 14.0% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1020/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
  • PFAS-LOW 20.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 98%
  • SYS-MID 40 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Perry County (+ 0.1 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Pickaway County ranks #1,020 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #45 of 88 counties in Ohio. See methodology · corpus placement.

Pickaway County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 92.5% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 14.0% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 20.0% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,020 of 3,254 · #45 of 88 in Ohio.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Pickaway County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Fayette · lowest Pickaway · this county Knox · near Vinton · highest 78.6% 92% 92.5% 92.6% 92.9% 92.9% 100%

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

Water Systems

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Lower-flagged peers for Pickaway County

Cross-state counties nearest Pickaway County on flagged-system share (92.5%) and cumulative violation count (4,202). 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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