Is FORREST CITY WATERWORKS's water safe to drink?
FORREST CITY WATERWORKS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 9,986 people through 4,600 service connections.
FORREST CITY WATERWORKS's record against the rest of the country
4 total violations and 4 health-based ones put FORREST CITY WATERWORKS at the 64th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 4,593 of 12,903.
How FORREST CITY WATERWORKS compares within AR
Among the 243 AR systems in this dataset, the average is 7.1 health-based violations - FORREST CITY WATERWORKS's 4 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for FORREST CITY WATERWORKS is from 2013-01-12 (health-based: 2013-01-12). Last reported to EPA: 05/12/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
FORREST CITY WATERWORKS's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: Trichloroethylene
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
FORREST CITY WATERWORKS's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Between the utility's meter and FORREST CITY WATERWORKS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 4,593th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.