Community Water System · PWS AR0000249
Cushman Water System
Operator location Batesville, Arkansas - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 179 EPA violations; surface water source; 1,423 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,423
- People served (this PWS)
- 179
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 27
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Cushman Water System standing, high SDWIS violation third
179 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 15% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #16,419 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Cushman Water System sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (179), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,423 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 15% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #16,419 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #305 of 514
- Population · AR
- 179
- Total EPA violations on record
- 15%
- 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
- 568
- County
- Independence
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 3
- Monitoring Violations
- 31
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 24
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 27 | 2012 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 23 | 1995 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | Other | 9 | 1997 |
| Coliform (TCR) | Other | 7 | 1995 |
| Coliform (Pre-TCR) | Other | 6 | 1990 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 3 | 2013 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 2 | 1995 |
| Chlorine | MR | 2 | 2023 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 1 | 1996 |
| Public Notice | Other | 1 | 2024 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 1 | 2009 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Cushman Water System has 179 recorded EPA violations, 84% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 16% carry more. 15% of this system's own violations are health-based (27 of 179), and it ranks #16,419 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)
179 Higher than most more violations than 84% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
SDWIS compliance record for Cushman Water System
179 violations on record for AR0000249; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
179 violations · 1,423 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 Cushman Water System
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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