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Washington County, Illinois

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet IL189 · Washington County 13 sys · 276 viol · #1749/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-MID · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-SW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 27.9% health
  • RANK-MID #1749/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 50.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 92%
  • SYS-SMALL 13 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Washington County ranks #1,749 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #56 of 102 counties in Illinois. See methodology · corpus placement.

Washington 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 27.9% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 50.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,749 of 3,254 · #56 of 102 in Illinois.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Washington County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Sangamon · lowest Pulaski · highest Pike · near Warren · near 58.8% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Washington County Water Company 11,374 27 Detected
Nashville 3,230 24 Clean
Okawville 1,521 27 -
Irvington 1,081 15 -
Hoyleton Rwc 1,020 18 -
Hoyleton 658 9 -
Ashley 565 61 -
New Minden 343 3 -
Richview 251 18 -
Dubois 200 31 -
Radom 193 32 -
Hoyleton-New Minden 35 4 -
Lucky Ice Ashley 25 7 -

Compare beyond Illinois

Mid-flagged peers for Washington County

Cross-state counties nearest Washington County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (276). 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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