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Spink County, South Dakota

10 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 3,479 people in Spink County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

10
SDWIS water systems Smaller third of counties
1,176
Total violations Middle third of counties
100.0%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
-
UCMR5 PFAS (none tested) No UCMR5 tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet SD115 · Spink County 10 sys · 1,176 viol · #2943/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-NONE · SRC-SW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-MOST

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 6.5% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #2943/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-SW SW lead 70%
  • SYS-SMALL 10 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Spink County ranks #2,943 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #37 of 65 counties in South Dakota. See methodology · corpus placement.

Spink 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 6.5% is health-based share at or below the lower third (≤ 10.3%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Spink County . Population served ranks #2,943 of 3,254 · #37 of 65 in South Dakota.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Spink County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Shannon · lowest Buffalo · highest Lincoln · near Codington · near 50% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Redfield 2,214 7 -
Tulare 211 65 -
Doland 199 32 -
Mellette 199 38 -
Northville 143 69 -
Conde 142 42 -
Spink Colony 108 230 -
Glendale Colony 95 585 -
Brentford 88 63 -
Camrose Colony 80 45 -

Compare beyond South Dakota

Mid-flagged peers for Spink County

Cross-state counties nearest Spink County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,176). 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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