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Smith County, Kansas

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet KS183 · Smith County 5 sys · 378 viol · #3015/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-HIGH · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-NONE · SRC-GW · SYS-TINY · BOOK-MOST

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 57.7% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #3015/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-TINY 5 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Smith County ranks #3,015 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #78 of 105 counties in Kansas. See methodology · corpus placement.

Smith 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 57.7% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Smith County . Population served ranks #3,015 of 3,254 · #78 of 105 in Kansas.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Smith County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Smith 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
Smith Center, City Of 1,572 24 -
Kensington, City Of 401 78 -
Smith Co RWD 1 380 13 -
Lebanon, City Of 182 75 -
Gaylord, City Of 83 188 -

Compare beyond Kansas

Mid-flagged peers for Smith County

Cross-state counties nearest Smith County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (378). 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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