Question 1

Is Glenwood Water Department water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

Glenwood Water Department (PWS ID: AR0000422) has 433 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 2,068 people using Surface Water sources.

Question 2

How many people does Glenwood Water Department serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that Glenwood Water Department serves 2,068 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Glenwood or any other city). It is a Local-owned system using Surface Water water sources with 1,860 service connections. The operator address is listed in Glenwood, Arkansas.

Question 3

What type of violations does Glenwood Water Department have?

Accepted Answer

Glenwood Water Department has 433 total violations: 267 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 74 monitoring/reporting violations, and 258 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in Glenwood Water Department water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for Glenwood Water Department under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does Glenwood Water Department use?

Accepted Answer

Glenwood Water Department uses Surface Water as its primary water source. It is classified as a Community Water System (CWS), serving residential populations year-round.

Question 6

Where does this data come from?

Accepted Answer

All data comes from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and the UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program. SDWIS tracks compliance for all public water systems regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Question 7

Where does Glenwood Water Department sit among U.S. public water systems?

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), Glenwood Water Department ranks #13,311 of 29,740 by people served, and #241 of 514 in Arkansas. Ordinals use population_served DESC among systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). See /methodology#corpus-placement.

Question 8

How does Glenwood Water Department's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

Glenwood Water Department has 433 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 6% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 94% of that cohort has fewer violations than Glenwood Water Department. A system can have zero recorded violations and still be actively monitored, and a high violation count often reflects a system that reports thoroughly, not necessarily one with worse water.

Contaminant	Category	Count	Latest
Surface Water Treatment Rule	TT	239	2014
Surface Water Treatment Rule	MR	54	1999
Surface Water Treatment Rule	Other	38	1998
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule	TT	17	2018
Coliform (TCR)	MR	10	1994
Coliform (TCR)	Other	9	1994
Coliform (TCR)	MCL	9	1992
Revised Total Coliform Rule	MON	6	2019
Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule	TT	2	2002
Chlorine	MR	2	2013
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule	MR	2	2018

Glenwood Water Department

Glenwood Water Department standing, high SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Health-based violations on Glenwood Water Department

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems with comparable violation load

Cross-state systems near this population served