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Wayne County, Missouri

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MO223 · Wayne County 32 sys · 1,564 viol · #2421/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 17.5% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2421/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-NONE No UCMR5 set
  • SRC-GW GW lead 94%
  • SYS-SMALL 32 systems
  • BOOK-MOST 6/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Wayne County ranks #2,421 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #75 of 115 counties in Missouri. See methodology · corpus placement.

Wayne 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 17.5% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . No UCMR5 tests in this extract for Wayne County . Population served ranks #2,421 of 3,254 · #75 of 115 in Missouri.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Wayne County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Shannon · lowest Mercer · highest Jackson · near Boone · near 69.6% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

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Mid-flagged peers for Wayne County

Cross-state counties nearest Wayne County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,564). 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.

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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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