Community Water System · PWS AR0000356
Yellville Waterworks
Operator location Yellville, Arkansas - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 96 EPA violations; surface water source; 2,630 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 2,630
- People served (this PWS)
- 96
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 16
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Yellville Waterworks standing, high SDWIS violation third
96 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 17% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #11,515 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Yellville Waterworks sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (96), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,630 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 17% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #11,515 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #199 of 514
- Population · AR
- 96
- Total EPA violations on record
- 17%
- 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
- 1,052
- County
- Marion
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 16
- Monitoring Violations
- 49
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 0
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 25 | 2014 |
| Chlorine | MR | 24 | 2022 |
| TTHM | MCL | 14 | 2005 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | RPT | 6 | 2016 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Other | 6 | 2024 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 2 | 2003 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Yellville Waterworks has 96 recorded EPA violations, 72% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 27% carry more. 17% of this system's own violations are health-based (16 of 96), and it ranks #11,515 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)
96 Around the middle fewer violations than 27% 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 Yellville Waterworks
96 violations on record for AR0000356; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
96 violations · 2,630 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 Yellville Waterworks
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