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Arkansas: drinking water systems

The 658 active community water systems in Arkansas on EPA's record, serving 3,068,335 people (EPA's counts). Systems serving more than 500 people have their own page; find yours by name, city, county, ZIP code or PWS ID. EPA's file dated Oct. 23, 2026.

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151 of 658 systems have a health-based violation on EPA's record since Oct. 23, 2023, serving 301,418 of the state's 3,068,335 people (10%); 8 are an EPA enforcement priority. EPA lists 54 as currently in violation (EPA's system file of Oct. 23, 2026).

Health-based violations, in EPA's words: “Violations of maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) or maximum residual disinfectant levels (MRDLs), which specify the highest concentrations of contaminants or disinfectants, respectively, allowed in drinking water; or of treatment technique (TT) rules, which specify required processes intended to reduce the amounts of contaminants in drinking water. MCLs, MRDLs, and treatment technique rules are all health-based drinking water standards.”

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    Health-based violations since Oct. 23, 2023, by contaminant or rule

    Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule402TTHM227LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS46Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)39Revised Total Coliform Rule12Surface Water Treatment Rule10Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule6Groundwater Rule3

    Cities and counties EPA lists, A to Z

    The cities EPA lists as served by each system, with the number of systems that list each; a system for which EPA lists no city is under its county.

    Arkansas (county) 9Ashley (county) 9Baxter (county) 16Benton (county) 28Boone (county) 14Bradley (county) 7Calhoun (county) 6Carroll (county) 19Chicot (county) 7Clark (county) 9Clay (county) 13Cleburne (county) 8Cleveland (county) 6Columbia (county) 12Conway (county) 5Craighead (county) 12Crawford (county) 14Crittenden (county) 12Cross (county) 7Dallas (county) 5Desha (county) 10Drew (county) 11Faulkner (county) 10Franklin (county) 10Fulton (county) 8Garland (county) 6Grant (county) 10Greene (county) 7Hempstead (county) 10Hot Spring (county) 5Howard (county) 7Independence (county) 12Izard (county) 8Jackson (county) 13Jefferson (county) 12Johnson (county) 10Lafayette (county) 6Lawrence (county) 11Lee (county) 4Lincoln (county) 5Little River (county) 8Logan (county) 18Lonoke (county) 13Madison (county) 4Marion (county) 11Miller (county) 5Mississippi (county) 21Monroe (county) 7Nevada (county) 5Newton (county) 14Ouachita (county) 10Perry (county) 7Phillips (county) 8Pike (county) 7Poinsett (county) 13Polk (county) 9Pope (county) 9Prairie (county) 8Pulaski (county) 11Randolph (county) 9Saline (county) 14Searcy (county) 10Sebastian (county) 16Sevier (county) 6Sharp (county) 12St. Francis (county) 10Stone (county) 6Union (county) 24Van Buren (county) 6Washington (county) 12White (county) 17Woodruff (county) 7Yell (county) 8

    Counties

    A page for each county EPA lists for three or more systems with a page of their own: the systems that serve it and how each stands on EPA's record.

    Arkansas County 9Ashley County 9Baxter County 16Benton County 28Boone County 14Bradley County 7Calhoun County 6Carroll County 19Chicot County 7Clark County 9Clay County 13Cleburne County 8Cleveland County 6Columbia County 12Conway County 5Craighead County 12Crawford County 14Crittenden County 12Cross County 7Dallas County 5Desha County 10Drew County 11Faulkner County 10Franklin County 10Fulton County 8Garland County 6Grant County 10Greene County 7Hempstead County 10Hot Spring County 5Howard County 7Independence County 12Izard County 8Jackson County 13Jefferson County 12Johnson County 10Lafayette County 6Lawrence County 11Lee County 4Lincoln County 5Little River County 8Logan County 18Lonoke County 13Madison County 4Marion County 11Miller County 5Mississippi County 21Monroe County 7Nevada County 5Newton County 14Ouachita County 10Perry County 7Phillips County 8Pike County 7Poinsett County 13Polk County 9Pope County 9Prairie County 8Pulaski County 11Randolph County 9Saline County 14Searcy County 10Sebastian County 16Sevier County 6Sharp County 12St. Francis County 10Stone County 6Union County 24Van Buren County 6Washington County 12White County 17Woodruff County 7Yell County 8
    Water systems with a page of their own, A to Z (495)

    From EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), through EPA ECHO's drinking water system download. Health-based violations from EPA Envirofacts, downloaded Nov. 2, 2026. EPA's file dated Oct. 23, 2026. EPA: “All compliance and enforcement data displayed on ECHO are current as of the last official quarterly refresh of the source data system, SDWIS, which may lag by three to six months.” These are records of violations, not a test of your tap water today: your water system's annual Consumer Confidence Report has its test results. Names and values are shown as EPA writes them. EPA ECHO drinking water search.