Public water system · AR0000393

Active

Emmet Waterworks

At a glance

Emmet Waterworks (PWSID AR0000393) is an active community water system serving Hempstead and Nevada counties, Arkansas. It reports serving 550 people through 228 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as owned by a local government. EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; 3 are health-based, and the most recent began in March 2005.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

550

Service connections

228

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

CWS

Community water system

System record

PWSIDAR0000393

System typeCommunity water system

Activity statusActive

Population served550

Service connections228

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typeLocal government

Primacy agencyAR state drinking water program

City served—

StateArkansas

ZIP—

Counties servedHempstead, Nevada

How does Emmet Waterworks compare with other water systems in Arkansas?

By EPA's size categories, Emmet Waterworks is a small system (501 to 3,300 people). Across Arkansas, the 853 active systems average 3,592 people each. Nationally, the average active community water system reports serving 6,703 people, so Emmet Waterworks is well below that figure.

What does “community water system” mean?

A community water system serves at least 15 connections used by year-round residents, or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents. Homes, apartments and mobile-home parks are served by these. Arkansas has 660 active community water systems, 77% of the state's 853 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 461 Arkansas systems (54%) list groundwater as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Emmet Waterworks?

EPA lists Emmet Waterworks as owned by a local government. The AR state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Does Emmet Waterworks have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; 3 are health-based, and the most recent began in March 2005. The violations listed here began between January 1991 and March 2005. By type: 4 monitoring and reporting, 3 contaminant level above the legal limit and 3 public notice, recordkeeping or other. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (9 of them). EPA lists 6 as archived and 4 as resolved. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2005-03-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Resolved
2004-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring and Reporting (DBP) · code 27	Chlorinecode 0999	No	Resolved
2002-10-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Resolved
2001-04-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
1999-12-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherNotification, Public · code 06	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
1999-12-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Archived
1999-11-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
1999-11-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherNotification, Public · code 06	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
1991-01-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherNotification, Public · code 06	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
1991-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Minor (TCR) · code 24	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived

All 10 violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.

Emmet Waterworks: frequently asked questions

Who runs Emmet Waterworks?

Emmet Waterworks (PWSID AR0000393) is a community water system owned by a local government. It is regulated by the AR state drinking water program.

How many people does Emmet Waterworks serve?

Emmet Waterworks reports serving 550 people through 228 service connections in Hempstead and Nevada counties, Arkansas.

Where does Emmet Waterworks get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.

Does Emmet Waterworks have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; 3 are health-based, and the most recent began in March 2005. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.

Is Emmet Waterworks' water safe to drink?

AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; 3 are health-based, and the most recent began in March 2005. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the AR state drinking water program.

Where can I find Emmet Waterworks' water quality report?

As a community water system, Emmet Waterworks must deliver an annual water quality report, called a Consumer Confidence Report, to its customers by July 1 each year, covering the previous calendar year. The system can provide a copy on request.

Other water systems in Hempstead County(the first county EPA lists for this system)

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Hope Water Light Comm	Hempstead	11,500	Community	Surface water
Southwest Arkansas Water System	Hempstead	2,335	Community	Purchased surface water
Bodcaw Rural Water System	Hempstead + 1 more	1,430	Community	Purchased surface water
Ozan Creek Water System	Hempstead	787	Community	Purchased surface water
Ozan Waterworks	Hempstead	425	Community	Groundwater
Blevins Waterworks	Hempstead	383	Community	Groundwater

Working with water-system records? Pro adds alerts, change history and CSV export ($49/mo); Enterprise adds full national files, the API and an MCP server for AI tools.

About this data

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: AquaCensus, “Emmet Waterworks, PWSID AR0000393, Arkansas”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/arkansas/emmet-waterworks-ar0000393 (data as of October 1, 2026).