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Webster County, Iowa

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet IA187 · Webster County 30 sys · 2,274 viol · #1292/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 93.3% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 12.4% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1292/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.4 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-SMALL 30 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Sioux County (+ 0.4 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Webster County ranks #1,292 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #22 of 99 counties in Iowa. See methodology · corpus placement.

Webster County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 93.3% 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%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #1,292 of 3,254 · #22 of 99 in Iowa.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Webster County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Mahaska · lowest Webster · this county Butler · near Ringgold · highest 75% 92.9% 93.3% 93.8% 93.8% 93.8% 100%

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

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Mid-flagged peers for Webster County

Cross-state counties nearest Webster County on flagged-system share (93.3%) and cumulative violation count (2,274). 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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