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White County, Arkansas

20 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 77,352 people in White County. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

20
SDWIS water systems Middle third of counties
937
Total violations Middle third of counties
85.0%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Lower third of counties
20.0%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (5 tested) Middle third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet AR145 · White County 20 sys · 937 viol · #687/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-MID · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-LOW · SRC-SW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 85.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 29.7% health
  • RANK-UPPER #687/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.7 pp
  • PFAS-LOW 20.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 75%
  • SYS-SMALL 20 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Faulkner County (+ 0.7 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, White County ranks #687 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #9 of 75 counties in Arkansas. See methodology · corpus placement.

White County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 85.0% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 29.7% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 20.0% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #687 of 3,254 · #9 of 75 in Arkansas.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around White County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest White County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Pulaski · lowest White · this county Sevier · near Madison · highest 74.2% 83.3% 85% 85.7% 85.7% 85.7% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

Compare beyond Arkansas

Lower-flagged peers for White County

Cross-state counties nearest White County on flagged-system share (85.0%) and cumulative violation count (937). 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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