What's in WEST MEMPHIS WATERWORKS's water?
WEST MEMPHIS 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 24,419 people through 9,465 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
24 total violations and 12 health-based ones put WEST MEMPHIS WATERWORKS at the 87th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 1,618 of 12,903.
How WEST MEMPHIS WATERWORKS compares within AR
AR's 243 covered systems average 7.1 health-based violations each; WEST MEMPHIS WATERWORKS carries 12, more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for WEST MEMPHIS WATERWORKS is from 2015-01-08 (health-based: 2015-01-08). Last reported to EPA: 05/12/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
WEST MEMPHIS 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)
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
WEST MEMPHIS 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. This record - 12 health-based violations on file for WEST MEMPHIS WATERWORKS - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.