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Clay County, Arkansas

13 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 22,353 people in Clay County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

13
SDWIS water systems Middle third of counties
615
Total violations Lower third of counties
100.0%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
0.0%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (3 tested) Lower third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet AR021 · Clay County 13 sys · 615 viol · #1677/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 29.8% health
  • RANK-MID #1677/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-SMALL 13 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Clay County ranks #1,677 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #31 of 75 counties in Arkansas. See methodology · corpus placement.

Clay 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 29.8% is health-based share above the upper 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 #1,677 of 3,254 · #31 of 75 in Arkansas.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Clay County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Pulaski · lowest Madison · highest Pope · near Mississippi · near 74.2% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Clay Co Reg Water District 5,633 14 Clean
Piggott Waterworks 4,620 42 Clean
Corning Waterworks 3,388 79 Clean
Lafe Regional Water Distribution Distric 2,583 32 -
St Francis River Reg Water Dd 2,465 55 -
Rector Waterworks 2,056 57 -
Greenway Waterworks 322 161 -
Mc Dougal Waterworks 271 19 -
Knobel Waterworks 249 18 -
Pollard Waterworks 247 43 -
St Francis Water System 208 35 -
Success Waterworks 165 30 -
Peach Orchard Waterworks 146 30 -

Compare beyond Arkansas

Mid-flagged peers for Clay County

Cross-state counties nearest Clay County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (615). 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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