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Prairie County, Arkansas

7 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 12,313 people in Prairie County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

7
SDWIS water systems Smaller third of counties
337
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 AR117 · Prairie County 7 sys · 337 viol · #2197/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 37.1% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2197/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 86%
  • SYS-TINY 7 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, Prairie County ranks #2,197 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #54 of 75 counties in Arkansas. See methodology · corpus placement.

Prairie 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 37.1% 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 #2,197 of 3,254 · #54 of 75 in Arkansas.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Prairie County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Prairie 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
SE White County Water Assoc 5,018 21 Clean
Des Arc Waterworks 4,245 80 Clean
Hazen Waterworks 1,301 15 -
Devalls Bluff Waterworks 600 72 -
East Prairie County PWA 545 48 -
Biscoe Waterworks 388 30 -
Ulm Waterworks 216 71 -

Compare beyond Arkansas

Mid-flagged peers for Prairie County

Cross-state counties nearest Prairie County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (337). 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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