Community Water System · PWS AR0000082
Dermott Waterworks
Operator location McGehee, Arkansas - 58% of 195 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 2,604 served per SDWIS.
- 2,604
- People served (this PWS)
- 195
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 113
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Dermott Waterworks standing, high SDWIS violation third
58% of 195 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 58% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #11,577 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Dermott Waterworks sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (195), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,604 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 58% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #11,577 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #203 of 514
- Population · AR
- 195
- Total EPA violations on record
- 58%
- 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
- 1,064
- County
- Chicot
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 19
- Monitoring Violations
- 32
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 94
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule | TT | 94 | 2014 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | RPT | 21 | 2025 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 19 | 2014 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 18 | 2013 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 13 | 2021 |
| Public Notice | Other | 10 | 2025 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 8 | 2024 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 6 | 2017 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Dermott Waterworks has 195 recorded EPA violations, 85% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 15% carry more. 58% of this system's own violations are health-based (113 of 195), and it ranks #11,577 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)
195 Higher than most more violations than 85% 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 Dermott Waterworks
113 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for AR0000082.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
195 violations · 2,604 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with comparable violation load
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Dermott 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
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