Public water system · AR0001253

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Hillbilly Slims

At a glance

Hillbilly Slims (PWSID AR0001253) is an active transient non-community water system in Pope County, Arkansas. It reports serving 25 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as privately owned. EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2025.

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

Population served

Service connections

Primary source

Groundwater

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDAR0001253

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served25

Service connections1

Primary water sourceGroundwater

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyAR state drinking water program

City served—

StateArkansas

ZIP—

CountyPope County

How does Hillbilly Slims compare with other water systems in Pope County?

By EPA's size categories, Hillbilly Slims is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Pope County has 8 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 8,113 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 64,903 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Arkansas, the 853 active systems average 3,592 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Hillbilly Slims is well below that figure.

What does “transient non-community water system” mean?

A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. Arkansas has 164 active transient non-community water systems, 19% 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 Hillbilly Slims?

EPA lists Hillbilly Slims as privately owned. 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. 1 of the 8 active systems in Pope County (13%) are also privately owned.

Does Hillbilly Slims have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2025. The violations listed here began between November 2019 and July 2025. By type: 9 monitoring and 1 public notice, recordkeeping or other. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (9 of them). EPA lists 9 as resolved and 1 as unaddressed. 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. Unaddressed means the violation is not resolved or archived and is not yet covered by formal enforcement.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2025-07-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2025-05-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2024-03-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Unaddressed
2023-09-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2023-03-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2023-01-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2022-09-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2021-02-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2020-04-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved
2019-11-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Resolved

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.

Hillbilly Slims: frequently asked questions

Who runs Hillbilly Slims?

Hillbilly Slims (PWSID AR0001253) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the AR state drinking water program.

How many people does Hillbilly Slims serve?

Hillbilly Slims reports serving 25 people through 1 service connection in Pope County, Arkansas.

Where does Hillbilly Slims 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 Hillbilly Slims have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 10 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2025. 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 Hillbilly Slims' 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; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the AR state drinking water program.

Where can I find Hillbilly Slims' water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Hillbilly Slims is a transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.

Other water systems in Pope County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
City Corporation	Pope	29,260	Community	Surface water
Tri-County Water Distbr Dist	Pope	20,394	Community	Surface water
Atkins Water System	Pope	4,439	Community	Surface water
Pottsville Water Association	Pope	4,045	Community	Purchased surface water
Van Buren County Pwa	Pope + 2 more	3,500	Community	Purchased surface water
Dover Waterworks	Pope	1,797	Community	Surface water

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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, “Hillbilly Slims, PWSID AR0001253, Arkansas”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/arkansas/hillbilly-slims-ar0001253 (data as of October 1, 2026).