Community Water System · PWS AR0000265
Swifton Waterworks
Operator location Swifton, Arkansas - 66% of 158 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 1,013 served per SDWIS.
- 1,013
- People served (this PWS)
- 158
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 105
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Swifton Waterworks standing, high SDWIS violation third
66% of 158 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 66% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #19,299 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Swifton Waterworks sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (158), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,013 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 66% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #19,299 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #371 of 514
- Population · AR
- 158
- Total EPA violations on record
- 66%
- 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
- 389
- County
- Jackson
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 0
- Monitoring Violations
- 21
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 105
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule | TT | 105 | 2024 |
| Public Notice | Other | 13 | 2018 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 12 | 2006 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 9 | 2017 |
| Coliform (TCR) | Other | 3 | 1997 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Swifton Waterworks has 158 recorded EPA violations, 82% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 18% carry more. 66% of this system's own violations are health-based (105 of 158), and it ranks #19,299 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)
158 Higher than most more violations than 82% 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 Swifton Waterworks
105 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for AR0000265.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
158 violations · 1,013 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 Swifton Waterworks
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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