Watauga County, North Carolina
SDWIS compliance plate
Sheet NC189 · Watauga County 97 sys · 7,254 viol · #976/3254
VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-MID · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-FULL
- VIOL-SEVERE 93.8% flagged
- HEALTH-LOW 6.5% health
- RANK-UPPER #976/3254
- PHOTO-FINISH ±0.1 pp
- PFAS-MID 33.3% detect
- SRC-GW GW lead 96%
- SYS-MID 97 systems
- BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields
Nearest flagged-rate peer: McDowell County ( -0.1 pp flagged-rate)
According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Watauga County ranks #976 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #48 of 100 counties in North Carolina. See methodology · corpus placement.
Watauga County standing, mid-flagged corpus third
Flagged-system rate 93.8% 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%) . UCMR5 detect rate 33.3% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #976 of 3,254 · #48 of 100 in North Carolina.
Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Watauga County
Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Watauga County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.
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Mid-flagged peers for Watauga County
Cross-state counties nearest Watauga County on flagged-system share (93.8%) and cumulative violation count (7,254). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.
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Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).
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