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Russell County, Virginia

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet VA167 · Russell County 19 sys · 1,123 viol · #1827/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 94.7% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 7.8% health
  • RANK-MID #1827/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 50.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 58%
  • SYS-SMALL 19 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Isle of Wight County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Russell County ranks #1,827 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #40 of 95 counties in Virginia. See methodology · corpus placement.

Russell County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 94.7% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 7.8% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 50.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,827 of 3,254 · #40 of 95 in Virginia.

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% Prince Edward · lowest Nelson · near Isle of Wight · near Highland · highest 44.4% 94.5% 94.6% 94.7% 94.7% 94.7% 100%

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

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Mid-flagged peers for Russell County

Cross-state counties nearest Russell County on flagged-system share (94.7%) and cumulative violation count (1,123). 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).

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Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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