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Monroe County, Arkansas

6 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 7,173 people in Monroe County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

6
SDWIS water systems Smaller third of counties
692
Total violations Lower third of counties
100.0%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
0.0%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (1 tested) Lower third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet AR095 · Monroe County 6 sys · 692 viol · #2597/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-HIGH · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-CLEAN · SRC-GW · SYS-TINY · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 47.7% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2597/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-TINY 6 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, Monroe County ranks #2,597 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #65 of 75 counties in Arkansas. See methodology · corpus placement.

Monroe 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 47.7% 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 #2,597 of 3,254 · #65 of 75 in Arkansas.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Monroe County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Monroe 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
Brinkley Waterworks 2,992 53 Clean
Holly Grove Waterworks 1,557 181 -
Clarendon Waterworks 1,320 104 -
East Monroe County Water Users 730 151 -
United Water Association 450 98 -
Roe Waterworks 124 105 -

Compare beyond Arkansas

Mid-flagged peers for Monroe County

Cross-state counties nearest Monroe County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (692). 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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