Is INDEPENDENCE JACKSON REGIONAL's water safe to drink?
INDEPENDENCE JACKSON REGIONAL had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 2,922 people through 1,132 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
INDEPENDENCE JACKSON REGIONAL has 13 violations on record in total, 7 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,813th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 78th percentile nationally.
Against the AR average
AR's 243 covered systems average 7.1 health-based violations each; INDEPENDENCE JACKSON REGIONAL carries 7, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
INDEPENDENCE JACKSON REGIONAL's most recent violation on record is dated 2024-01-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2023-01-10. Last reported to EPA: 05/12/2026.
The concern categories on record
INDEPENDENCE JACKSON REGIONAL'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); Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule
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 INDEPENDENCE JACKSON REGIONAL's record does not cover
This is what INDEPENDENCE JACKSON REGIONAL reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 13 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.