Rowan County, North Carolina
SDWIS compliance plate
Sheet NC159 · Rowan County 195 sys · 16,867 viol · #463/3254
VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-GW · SYS-LARGE · BOOK-FULL
- VIOL-SEVERE 92.3% flagged
- HEALTH-LOW 7.5% health
- RANK-TOP #463/3254
- PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
- PFAS-HIGH 66.7% detect
- SRC-GW GW lead 96%
- SYS-LARGE 195 systems
- BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields
Nearest flagged-rate peer: Robeson County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)
According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Rowan County ranks #463 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #21 of 100 counties in North Carolina. See methodology · corpus placement.
Rowan County standing, lower-flagged corpus third
Flagged-system rate 92.3% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 7.5% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 66.7% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #463 of 3,254 · #21 of 100 in North Carolina.
Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Rowan County
Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Rowan County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.
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Lower-flagged peers for Rowan County
Cross-state counties nearest Rowan County on flagged-system share (92.3%) and cumulative violation count (16,867). 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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