Question 1

Is St Francis River Reg Water Dd water safe to drink?

Accepted Answer

St Francis River Reg Water Dd (PWS ID: AR0000836) has 55 recorded violations in the EPA SDWIS database. No PFAS contamination was detected in UCMR5 testing. EPA SDWIS lists this system's service population as 2,465 people using Groundwater sources.

Question 2

How many people does St Francis River Reg Water Dd serve?

Accepted Answer

EPA SDWIS reports that St Francis River Reg Water Dd serves 2,465 people (this public water system's service population, not the municipal population of Paragould or any other city). It is a Local-owned system using Groundwater water sources with 997 service connections. The operator address is listed in Paragould, Arkansas.

Question 3

What type of violations does St Francis River Reg Water Dd have?

Accepted Answer

St Francis River Reg Water Dd has 55 total violations: 7 health-based violations (MCL exceedances or treatment failures), 48 monitoring/reporting violations, and 0 treatment technique violations. Health-based violations indicate contaminant levels exceeded EPA safe limits.

Question 4

Has PFAS been detected in St Francis River Reg Water Dd water?

Accepted Answer

No PFAS testing data is available for St Francis River Reg Water Dd under the EPA's UCMR5 monitoring program.

Question 5

What water source does St Francis River Reg Water Dd use?

Accepted Answer

St Francis River Reg Water Dd uses Groundwater 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 St Francis River Reg Water Dd sit among U.S. public water systems?

Accepted Answer

According to EPA SDWIS population_served among sitemap-advertised systems (serving 500+), St Francis River Reg Water Dd ranks #12,077 of 29,740 by people served, and #214 of 514 in Arkansas. Ordinals use population_served DESC among systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). See /methodology#corpus-placement.

Question 8

How does St Francis River Reg Water Dd's violation count compare nationally?

Accepted Answer

St Francis River Reg Water Dd has 55 recorded EPA SDWIS violations, fewer than 40% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500 or more people nationwide (the same sitemap cohort used for the corpus-placement ranking above). 59% of that cohort has fewer violations than St Francis River Reg Water Dd. 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
Coliform (TCR)	MR	40	2011
Coliform (TCR)	MCL	7	2015
Chlorine	MR	4	2006
Lead and Copper Rule	MR	2	2008
Revised Total Coliform Rule	MON	2	2023

St Francis River Reg Water Dd

St Francis River Reg Water Dd standing, mid SDWIS violation third

System Details

Violation History

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Health-based violations on St Francis River Reg Water Dd

Nationwide peers

Cross-state systems near this violation count

Cross-state systems near this population served