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Union County, Illinois

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet IL181 · Union County 14 sys · 570 viol · #2107/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 85.7% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 55.1% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2107/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.4 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 86%
  • SYS-SMALL 14 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Kane County ( -0.4 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Union County ranks #2,107 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #69 of 102 counties in Illinois. See methodology · corpus placement.

Union County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 85.7% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 55.1% is health-based share above the upper 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 #2,107 of 3,254 · #69 of 102 in Illinois.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Union County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Sangamon · lowest Menard · near Union · this county Pulaski · highest 58.8% 84.6% 84.6% 85.3% 85.7% 86.7% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Anna 4,910 72 Clean
Lick Creek Pwd 2,365 35 -
Jonesboro 1,799 20 -
Cobden 1,267 33 -
Alto Pass Water District 1,015 250 -
Dongola 752 40 -
Shawnee Valley Pwd 738 50 -
Choate Mhc 300 15 -
Blue Sky Vineyard 150 2 -
Fork and Vine 70 23 -
Owl Creek Vineyard Cobden 60 17 -
Anna-Jonesboro Water Commission 26 13 -
Wal-Mart Supercenter-Anna 25 0 -
Twice the Ice Anna 25 0 -

Compare beyond Illinois

Lower-flagged peers for Union County

Cross-state counties nearest Union County on flagged-system share (85.7%) and cumulative violation count (570). 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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