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Saline County, Kansas

13 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 51,554 people in Saline County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

13
SDWIS water systems Middle third of counties
833
Total violations Middle third of counties
100.0%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
100.0%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (1 tested) Upper third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet KS169 · Saline County 13 sys · 833 viol · #938/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 10.9% health
  • RANK-UPPER #938/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 62%
  • SYS-SMALL 13 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, Saline County ranks #938 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #9 of 105 counties in Kansas. See methodology · corpus placement.

Saline 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 10.9% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 100.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #938 of 3,254 · #9 of 105 in Kansas.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Saline County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Saline 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
Salina, City Of 46,481 19 Detected
Saline Co RWD 3 936 47 -
Southeast Saline Schools 790 57 -
Saline Co RWD 4 768 30 -
Saline Co RWD 2 465 92 -
Assaria, City Of 427 14 -
Saline Co RWD 7 418 29 -
Gypsum, City Of 402 37 -
Saline Co RWD 8 298 4 -
Brookville, City Of 244 134 -
Sundowner, Inc 220 304 -
Saline Co RWD 1 80 13 -
Outlaws 25 53 -

Compare beyond Kansas

Mid-flagged peers for Saline County

Cross-state counties nearest Saline County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (833). 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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