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Lawrence County, Arkansas

11 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 21,024 people in Lawrence County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

11
SDWIS water systems Smaller third of counties
500
Total violations Lower third of counties
100.0%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
0.0%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (2 tested) Lower third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet AR075 · Lawrence County 11 sys · 500 viol · #1726/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 31.4% health
  • RANK-MID #1726/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 55%
  • SYS-SMALL 11 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, Lawrence County ranks #1,726 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #34 of 75 counties in Arkansas. See methodology · corpus placement.

Lawrence 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 31.4% 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 #1,726 of 3,254 · #34 of 75 in Arkansas.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Lawrence County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Lawrence 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
Lawrence Co Reg Water Dist 7,469 30 Clean
Walnut Ridge Waterworks 5,823 29 Clean
Hoxie Water Department 2,666 33 -
Black Rock Waterworks 1,034 13 -
Strawberry Waterworks 954 43 -
Imboden Waterworks 825 54 -
Lynn Waterworks 651 96 -
Ravenden Waterworks 621 7 -
Portia Waterworks 586 44 -
Sedgwick Waterworks 249 44 -
Alicia Water System 146 107 -

Compare beyond Arkansas

Mid-flagged peers for Lawrence County

Cross-state counties nearest Lawrence County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (500). 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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