Community Water System · PWS AR0000418
Elaine Waterworks
Operator location Elaine, Arkansas - 25% of 72 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 1,233 served per SDWIS.
- 1,233
- People served (this PWS)
- 72
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 18
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Elaine Waterworks standing, mid SDWIS violation third
25% of 72 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 25% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #17,567 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Elaine Waterworks lands in the middle third by violation volume (72), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is mid-pack at 1,233 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 25% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #17,567 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #337 of 514
- Population · AR
- 72
- Total EPA violations on record
- 25%
- 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
- 589
- County
- Phillips
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 9
- Monitoring Violations
- 13
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 9
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | RPT | 32 | 2024 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 9 | 2004 |
| Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule | TT | 9 | 2014 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 6 | 2014 |
| E. COLI | MR | 6 | 2025 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Other | 6 | 2024 |
| Coliform (TCR) | Other | 2 | 1994 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 1 | 2019 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 1 | 2015 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Elaine Waterworks has 72 recorded EPA violations, 66% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 34% carry more. 25% of this system's own violations are health-based (18 of 72), and it ranks #17,567 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)
72 Around the middle fewer violations than 34% 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 Elaine Waterworks
18 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for AR0000418.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
72 violations · 1,233 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
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 Elaine 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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