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Pulaski County, Virginia

25 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 31,466 people in Pulaski County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

25
SDWIS water systems Middle third of counties
2,486
Total violations Middle third of counties
100.0%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
0.0%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (3 tested) Lower third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet VA155 · Pulaski County 25 sys · 2,486 viol · #1322/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 18.4% health
  • RANK-MID #1322/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 76%
  • SYS-SMALL 25 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Pulaski County ranks #1,322 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #25 of 95 counties in Virginia. See methodology · corpus placement.

Pulaski 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 18.4% 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 #1,322 of 3,254 · #25 of 95 in Virginia.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Pulaski County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Prince Edward · lowest Highland · highest Smyth · near Scott · near 44.4% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

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Mid-flagged peers for Pulaski County

Cross-state counties nearest Pulaski County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (2,486). 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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