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Van Buren County, Iowa

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet IA177 · Van Buren County 7 sys · 361 viol · #2967/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 30.7% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #2967/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-SW SW lead 86%
  • SYS-TINY 7 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Van Buren County ranks #2,967 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #97 of 99 counties in Iowa. See methodology · corpus placement.

Van Buren 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 30.7% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Van Buren County . Population served ranks #2,967 of 3,254 · #97 of 99 in Iowa.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Van Buren County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Van Buren 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
Keosauqua Water Works 961 34 -
Farmington Water Supply 601 130 -
Bonaparte Water Supply 390 23 -
Milton Water Supply 380 12 -
Birmingham Water Supply 367 47 -
Stockport Water Supply 272 105 -
Cantril Water Supply 224 10 -

Compare beyond Iowa

Mid-flagged peers for Van Buren County

Cross-state counties nearest Van Buren County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (361). 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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