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Pope County, Illinois

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet IL151 · Pope County 3 sys · 364 viol · #2680/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-TINY · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 12.1% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #2680/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-TINY 3 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Pope County ranks #2,680 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #94 of 102 counties in Illinois. See methodology · corpus placement.

Pope 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 12.1% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #2,680 of 3,254 · #94 of 102 in Illinois.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Pope County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Sangamon · lowest Pulaski · highest Bond · near Massac · near 58.8% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Millstone Pwd 5,565 62 Clean
Golconda 630 280 -
Usfs Bell Smith Springs Redbud 25 22 -

Compare beyond Illinois

Mid-flagged peers for Pope County

Cross-state counties nearest Pope County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (364). 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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