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Williams County, North Dakota

22 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 38,366 people in Williams County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

22
SDWIS water systems Middle third of counties
564
Total violations Lower third of counties
95.5%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
33.3%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (3 tested) Middle third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet ND105 · Williams County 22 sys · 564 viol · #1151/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · PFAS-MID · SRC-SW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 95.5% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 13.7% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1151/3254
  • ABOVE-PEER +2.6 pp
  • PFAS-MID 33.3% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 73%
  • SYS-SMALL 22 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Ward County ( -2.6 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Williams County ranks #1,151 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #5 of 52 counties in North Dakota. See methodology · corpus placement.

Williams County standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 95.5% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 13.7% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 33.3% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,151 of 3,254 · #5 of 52 in North Dakota.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Williams County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Morton · lowest Ward · near Slope · highest Stark · near 61.5% 92.6% 92.9% 95.5% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

Compare beyond North Dakota

Mid-flagged peers for Williams County

Cross-state counties nearest Williams County on flagged-system share (95.5%) and cumulative violation count (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.

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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