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Shelby County, Iowa

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet IA165 · Shelby County 8 sys · 459 viol · #2544/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-TINY · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 5.2% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2544/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-TINY 8 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Shelby County ranks #2,544 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #75 of 99 counties in Iowa. See methodology · corpus placement.

Shelby 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 5.2% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #2,544 of 3,254 · #75 of 99 in Iowa.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Shelby County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Mahaska · lowest Ringgold · highest Decatur · near Des Moines · near 75% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Harlan Municipal Utilities 5,067 2 Clean
Shelby Water Supply 727 77 -
Elk Horn Muni Water Works 631 61 -
Earling Water Supply 397 17 -
Irwin Municipal Supply 313 52 -
Defiance Water Department 250 205 -
Panama Water Works 235 10 -
Portsmouth Water Supply 182 35 Clean

Compare beyond Iowa

Mid-flagged peers for Shelby County

Cross-state counties nearest Shelby County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (459). 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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