Rice County, Kansas
SDWIS compliance plate
Sheet KS159 · Rice County 8 sys · 594 viol · #2509/3254
VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-TINY · BOOK-FULL
- VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
- HEALTH-MID 38.7% health
- RANK-LOWER #2509/3254
- PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
- PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
- SRC-GW GW lead 100%
- SYS-TINY 8 systems
- BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields
Nearest flagged-rate peer: Johnson County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)
According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Rice County ranks #2,509 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #42 of 105 counties in Kansas. See methodology · corpus placement.
Rice 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 38.7% is health-based share above the upper 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 #2,509 of 3,254 · #42 of 105 in Kansas.
Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Rice County
Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Rice County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.
Water Systems
| System Name | Population | Violations | PFAS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyons, City Of | 3,556 | 89 | Clean |
| Sterling, City Of | 2,318 | 60 | - |
| Rice Co RWD 1 | 900 | 23 | - |
| Little River, City Of | 474 | 20 | - |
| Chase, City Of | 390 | 21 | - |
| Geneseo, City Of | 231 | 109 | - |
| Bushton, City Of | 199 | 131 | - |
| Raymond, City Of | 85 | 141 | - |
Compare beyond Kansas
Mid-flagged peers for Rice County
Cross-state counties nearest Rice County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (594). 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.
Similar violation load
Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).
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