Crittenden County Water Quality: 2 Cities Ranked by the Records

Name: Crittenden County Water Quality Data (2026)
Creator: PurityMap
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Crittenden County, Arkansas: 2 city reports built from EPA and utility records. A county has many suppliers; each city shows the system that serves it.

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Across the county's systems

Highest result for each contaminant

One row per contaminant: the highest result any system in the county reported, against its limit. Open a row for the systems behind it.

LithiumDetected in 2 systems10 µg/L EPA health reference level (screening, not a legal limit) · US EPAHighest17.8 µg/L

WEST MEMPHIS WATERWORKS17.8 µg/LSample date: 2023-01-11 to 2023-07-12
MARION WATERWORKS12.8 µg/LSample date: 2025-02-12 to 2025-08-20

Lead (90th percentile)Detected in 2 systems15 µg/L federal action level · US EPAHighest1 µg/L

MARION WATERWORKS1 µg/LMonitoring period: 2023–2025
WEST MEMPHIS WATERWORKS1 µg/LMonitoring period: 2023–2025

29 PFAS tested, none detected in any systemShow

Tested in these 2 systems: MARION WATERWORKS, WEST MEMPHIS WATERWORKS

11-Chloroeicosafluoro-3-oxaundecane-1-sulfonic acid (11Cl-PF3OUdS)
1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorodecane sulfonic acid (8:2 FTS)
1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (4:2 FTS)
1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (6:2 FTS)
4,8-Dioxa-3H-perfluorononanoic acid (ADONA)
9-Chlorohexadecafluoro-3-oxanone-1-sulfonic acid (9Cl-PF3ONS)
Hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA) (GenX chemicals)
N-ethyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NEtFOSAA)
N-methyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NMeFOSAA)
Nonafluoro-3,6-dioxaheptanoic acid (NFDHA)
Perfluoro (2-ethoxyethane) sulfonic acid (PFEESA)
Perfluoro-3-methoxypropanoic acid (PFMPA)
Perfluoro-4-methoxybutanoic acid (PFMBA)
Perfluorobutanesulfonic acid (PFBS)
Perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA)
Perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA)
Perfluorododecanoic acid (PFDoA)
Perfluoroheptanesulfonic acid (PFHpS)
Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA)
Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS)
Perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA)
Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA)
Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS)
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)
Perfluoropentanesulfonic acid (PFPeS)
Perfluoropentanoic acid (PFPeA)
Perfluorotetradecanoic acid (PFTA)
Perfluorotridecanoic acid (PFTrDA)
Perfluoroundecanoic acid (PFUnA)

2 cities

Cities ranked by the records

1
West MemphisWEST MEMPHIS WATERWORKS
No PFAS detectedLead below action level
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2
MarionMARION WATERWORKS
No PFAS detectedLead below action level
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Showing 2 of 2 cities · scores are system-level, not tap tests

Ranked by the Purity Score of each city's main water system, highest first. Scores belong to water systems; there is no county score. The score is computed only from contaminants measured in the published EPA record, so this ranks the record, not which city's water is safest. How the score works.

PFAS in Crittenden CountyPFAS detected in 0 of 2 cities; none above a federal limit

4.0 ng/L federal MCL · PFOS, ng/LPFAS in Arkansas

Lead

0of 2 cities above the 15 µg/L action level

Based on each system's 90th-percentile result. Lead from household plumbing isn't in this record.

Lead in Arkansas

Who supplies the county

Largest water systems

West MemphisWEST MEMPHIS WATERWORKS · AR0000156
24,419 served
MarionMARION WATERWORKS · AR0000152
13,032 served

Questions

Frequently asked

How does Crittenden County tap water compare across cities?

PurityMap ranks 2 cities in Crittenden County by the Purity Score of each city's main water system, computed only from contaminants measured in the published EPA record. Scores belong to water systems, not to cities. The highest published score is West Memphis's main water system: WEST MEMPHIS WATERWORKS · PWSID AR0000156 · Purity Score 99 (Excellent) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level. The ranking compares the records, not which city's water is safest, and your own tap can differ with household plumbing.

How many Crittenden County cities have PFAS above the federal limit?

None of the 2 Crittenden County cities on record had a regulated PFAS above the 2024 federal limit in EPA's UCMR 5 testing. PFAS were detected below the limit in 0.

Is there lead in Crittenden County tap water?

Utilities report lead as a 90th-percentile result from home taps. 2 of 2 Crittenden County cities reported a value above zero, and none was above the 15 µg/L federal action level. Lead usually comes from a building's own pipes and fixtures, so only a test at your tap tells you what you drink.

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