Community Water System · PWS AR0001075
North Howard Rural Water Association
Operator location Umpire, Arkansas - 60% of 80 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); surface water source; 710 served per SDWIS.
- 710
- People served (this PWS)
- 80
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 48
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
North Howard Rural Water Association standing, high SDWIS violation third
60% of 80 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 60% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #24,100 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
North Howard Rural Water Association sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (80), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (710; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 60% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #24,100 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #440 of 514
- Population · AR
- 80
- Total EPA violations on record
- 60%
- 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
- 301
- County
- Howard
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 24
- Monitoring Violations
- 22
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 24
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 22 | 2020 |
| Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule | TT | 19 | 2015 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 12 | 2014 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 10 | 2015 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 6 | 2014 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | TT | 5 | 2017 |
| Public Notice | Other | 4 | 2016 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 2 | 2011 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
North Howard Rural Water Association has 80 recorded EPA violations, 68% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 31% carry more. 60% of this system's own violations are health-based (48 of 80), and it ranks #24,100 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)
80 Around the middle fewer violations than 31% 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 North Howard Rural Water Association
48 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for AR0001075.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
80 violations · 710 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 with smaller service footprints
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with North Howard Rural Water Association
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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