Santa Cruz County, California
SDWIS compliance plate
Sheet CA087 · Santa Cruz County 96 sys · 2,563 viol · #254/3254
VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-MID · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-MID · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-FULL
- VIOL-SEVERE 93.8% flagged
- HEALTH-MID 32.9% health
- RANK-TOP #254/3254
- PHOTO-FINISH ±0.2 pp
- PFAS-MID 37.5% detect
- SRC-GW GW lead 76%
- SYS-MID 96 systems
- BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields
Nearest flagged-rate peer: San Diego County (+ 0.2 pp flagged-rate)
According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Santa Cruz County ranks #254 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #26 of 58 counties in California. See methodology · corpus placement.
Santa Cruz County standing, mid-flagged corpus third
Flagged-system rate 93.8% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 32.9% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 37.5% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #254 of 3,254 · #26 of 58 in California.
Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Santa Cruz County
Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Santa Cruz County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.
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Mid-flagged peers for Santa Cruz County
Cross-state counties nearest Santa Cruz County on flagged-system share (93.8%) and cumulative violation count (2,563). 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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