Community Water System · PWS AR0000160
Parkin Waterworks
Operator location Parkin, Arkansas - smaller served population (≤ 999) at 845 people served; 129 SDWIS violations on record from groundwater sources.
- 845
- People served (this PWS)
- 129
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 14
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Parkin Waterworks standing, high SDWIS violation third
845 people served (SDWIS) - smaller served population (≤ 999). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 11% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #21,875 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Parkin Waterworks sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (129), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (845; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 11% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #21,875 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #402 of 514
- Population · AR
- 129
- Total EPA violations on record
- 11%
- 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
- 337
- County
- Cross
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 3
- Monitoring Violations
- 73
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 11
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 21 | 2014 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 21 | 2017 |
| Groundwater Rule | MR | 15 | 2016 |
| E. COLI | MR | 12 | 2017 |
| Groundwater Rule | TT | 11 | 2016 |
| Public Notice | Other | 10 | 2021 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | RPT | 6 | 2020 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 5 | 2021 |
| Coliform (TCR) | Other | 5 | 1997 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Other | 5 | 2017 |
| Chlorine | MR | 4 | 2020 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 3 | 2014 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Parkin Waterworks has 129 recorded EPA violations, 78% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 22% carry more. 11% of this system's own violations are health-based (14 of 129), and it ranks #21,875 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)
129 Higher than most more violations than 78% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Population served record for Parkin Waterworks
EPA SDWIS lists 845 people served and 337 connections for this PWS, confirm the service-area footprint on the federal report before comparing to municipal census totals.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
129 violations · 845 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 with smaller service footprints
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Parkin 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.