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Wahkiakum County, Washington

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet WA069 · Wahkiakum County 6 sys · 726 viol · #2920/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 12.4% health
  • RANK-BOTTOM #2920/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 67%
  • SYS-TINY 6 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Wahkiakum County ranks #2,920 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #38 of 39 counties in Washington. See methodology · corpus placement.

Wahkiakum 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 12.4% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Wahkiakum County . Population served ranks #2,920 of 3,254 · #38 of 39 in Washington.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Wahkiakum County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Grant · lowest Wahkiakum · this county · highest 69.8% 97.7% 98.3% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Cathlamet Water Dept 1,636 498 -
Puget Island 920 7 -
Western Wahkiakum 791 66 -
Skamokawa Water System 259 123 -
Skamokawa Vista Park 87 27 -
County Line Park 25 5 -

Compare beyond Washington

Mid-flagged peers for Wahkiakum County

Cross-state counties nearest Wahkiakum County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (726). 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).

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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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