County profile · EPA SDWIS + UCMR5
Hempstead County, Arkansas
13 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 18,181 people in Hempstead County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.
- 13
- SDWIS water systems Middle third of counties
- 936
- Total violations Middle third of counties
- 92.3%
- SDWIS systems w/ a violation Lower third of counties
- 0.0%
- UCMR5 PFAS rate (2 tested) Lower third of counties with tests
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.
Water Systems
| System Name | Population | Violations | PFAS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hope Water Light Comm | 11,500 | 56 | Clean |
| Southwest Arkansas Water System | 2,335 | 97 | - |
| Bodcaw Rural Water System | 1,430 | 228 | - |
| Ozan Creek Water System | 787 | 59 | - |
| Emmet Waterworks | 550 | 25 | - |
| Ozan Waterworks | 425 | 131 | - |
| Blevins Waterworks | 383 | 89 | - |
| Fulton Waterworks | 379 | 158 | - |
| Perrytown Waterworks | 160 | 36 | - |
| Washington Water System | 142 | 29 | Clean |
| Glacier Bgc0619 Hope | 30 | 0 | - |
| Primo Refill LLC Wmsc 0083 Magnolia | 30 | 9 | - |
| Primo Refill Wmsc1065 Hope | 30 | 19 | - |
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.
Similar violation load
Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).
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