Community Water System · PWS AR0000026
Big Flat Waterworks
Operator location Big Flat, Arkansas - 42% of 24 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 523 served per SDWIS.
- 523
- People served (this PWS)
- 24
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 10
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Big Flat Waterworks standing, mid SDWIS violation third
42% of 24 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 42% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #28,091 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Big Flat Waterworks lands in the middle third by violation volume (24), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is smaller (523; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 42% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #28,091 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #501 of 514
- Population · AR
- 24
- Total EPA violations on record
- 42%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Local
- Connections
- 208
- County
- Baxter
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 8
- Monitoring Violations
- 5
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 2
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fluoride | MCL | 5 | 1985 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 3 | 2004 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 2 | 1998 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 2 | 2008 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 2 | 1998 |
| Chlorine | MR | 1 | 2025 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | Other | 1 | 1998 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Big Flat Waterworks has 24 recorded EPA violations, 36% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 63% carry more. 42% of this system's own violations are health-based (10 of 24), and it ranks #28,091 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
24 Lower than most fewer violations than 63% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Health-based violations on Big Flat Waterworks
10 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for AR0000026.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
24 violations · 523 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems with smaller service footprints
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Big Flat Waterworks
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
- See how every tracked system in Arkansas compares on the same EPA violation measures. Arkansas systems
- Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.