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Hempstead County, Arkansas

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet AR057 · Hempstead County 13 sys · 936 viol · #1858/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 92.3% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 46.7% health
  • RANK-MID #1858/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 54%
  • SYS-SMALL 13 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Hempstead County ranks #1,858 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #38 of 75 counties in Arkansas. See methodology · corpus placement.

Hempstead County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 92.3% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 46.7% 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 #1,858 of 3,254 · #38 of 75 in Arkansas.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Hempstead County

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Pulaski · lowest Craighead · near Jefferson · near Madison · highest 74.2% 92.3% 92.3% 92.9% 92.9% 92.9% 100%

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

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Compare beyond Arkansas

Lower-flagged peers for Hempstead County

Cross-state counties nearest Hempstead County on flagged-system share (92.3%) and cumulative violation count (936). 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).

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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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