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St. Francis County, Arkansas

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet AR123 · St. Francis County 9 sys · 210 viol · #1795/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 43.8% health
  • RANK-MID #1795/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-TINY 9 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, St. Francis County ranks #1,795 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #36 of 75 counties in Arkansas. See methodology · corpus placement.

St. Francis 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 43.8% 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 #1,795 of 3,254 · #36 of 75 in Arkansas.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around St. Francis County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest St. Francis 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
Forrest City Waterworks 9,986 17 Clean
Hughes Community Water Assoc 2,195 5 -
Palestine Water Association 1,649 13 -
Caldwell Water 1,585 6 -
St Francis Rural Water Assoc 1,103 6 -
Colt Water Association 997 10 -
Hughes Waterworks 987 43 -
Wheatley Waterworks 573 82 -
Widener Waterworks 507 28 -

Compare beyond Arkansas

Mid-flagged peers for St. Francis County

Cross-state counties nearest St. Francis County on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (210). 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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