Community Water System · PWS AR0000883
Central Arkansas Water Paron
Operator location Little Rock, Arkansas - 74% of 213 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 2,025 served per SDWIS.
- 2,025
- People served (this PWS)
- 213
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 158
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Central Arkansas Water Paron standing, high SDWIS violation third
74% of 213 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 74% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #13,436 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Central Arkansas Water Paron sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (213), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,025 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 74% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #13,436 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #246 of 514
- Population · AR
- 213
- Total EPA violations on record
- 74%
- 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
- 864
- County
- Saline
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 145
- Monitoring Violations
- 5
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 13
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | MCL | 101 | 2017 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 41 | 2017 |
| Public Notice | Other | 39 | 2017 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 8 | 2014 |
| Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule | TT | 5 | 2016 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | MR | 4 | 2018 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | RPT | 4 | 2017 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 4 | 2013 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 3 | 2006 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 1 | 2004 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Central Arkansas Water Paron has 213 recorded EPA violations, 86% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 14% carry more. 74% of this system's own violations are health-based (158 of 213), and it ranks #13,436 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)
213 Higher than most more violations than 86% 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 Central Arkansas Water Paron
158 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for AR0000883.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
213 violations · 2,025 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 Central Arkansas Water Paron
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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