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Russell County, Kansas

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet KS167 · Russell County 12 sys · 1,272 viol · #2610/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 35.1% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #2610/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 50%
  • SYS-SMALL 12 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, Russell County ranks #2,610 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #49 of 105 counties in Kansas. See methodology · corpus placement.

Russell 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 35.1% 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 #2,610 of 3,254 · #49 of 105 in Kansas.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Russell County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Chase · lowest Greeley · highest Wyandotte · near Leavenworth · near 85.7% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Russell, City Of 4,388 184 Clean
Russell Co RWD 3 1,300 15 -
Gorham, City Of 381 51 -
Lucas, City Of 337 172 -
Luray, City Of 167 63 -
Dorrance, City Of 145 63 -
Bunker Hill, City Of 106 128 -
Russell Co RWD 4 90 207 -
Russell Co RWD 1 44 210 -
Paradise, City Of 34 61 -
Waldo, City Of 31 30 -
Russell Co RWD 2 30 88 -

Compare beyond Kansas

Mid-flagged peers for Russell County

Cross-state counties nearest Russell County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,272). 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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