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Scott County, Missouri

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MO201 · Scott County 18 sys · 1,233 viol · #1249/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 12.5% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1249/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-SMALL 18 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Cass County (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Scott County ranks #1,249 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #28 of 115 counties in Missouri. See methodology · corpus placement.

Scott 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 12.5% 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 #1,249 of 3,254 · #28 of 115 in Missouri.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Scott County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Shannon · lowest Mercer · highest Jackson · near Boone · near 69.6% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Sikeston PWS 16,291 29 Detected
Scott City PWS 4,653 26 Detected
Scott County PWSD 4 3,150 6 -
Chaffee PWS 3,054 31 -
Oran PWS 1,294 186 -
Miner PWS 1,135 37 -
Benton PWS 885 59 -
Scott County PWSD 1 788 21 -
Morley PWS 697 90 -
Scott County PWSD 2 600 27 -
Kelso PWS 586 29 -
Blodgett PWS 300 164 -
Benton Investment Group LLC 250 77 -
Scott County PWSD 3 200 32 -
Vanduser PWS 168 65 -
New Hamburg South End 72 2 -
The Pigs Hiney 55 21 -
New Hamburg Central 45 331 -

Compare beyond Missouri

Mid-flagged peers for Scott County

Cross-state counties nearest Scott County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,233). 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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