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Shelby County, Indiana

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet IN145 · Shelby County 38 sys · 3,517 viol · #1571/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 92.1% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 13.8% health
  • RANK-MID #1571/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.2 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-SMALL 38 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Sullivan County (+ 0.2 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Shelby County ranks #1,571 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #54 of 92 counties in Indiana. See methodology · corpus placement.

Shelby County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 92.1% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 13.8% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #1,571 of 3,254 · #54 of 92 in Indiana.

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% Hendricks · lowest Adams · near Sullivan · near Union · highest 84.9% 91.8% 91.9% 92.1% 92.3% 92.4% 100%

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

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Compare beyond Indiana

Lower-flagged peers for Shelby County

Cross-state counties nearest Shelby County on flagged-system share (92.1%) and cumulative violation count (3,517). 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.

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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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