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Arkansas Water Quality: 53 Cities Ranked by the Records

Water quality across 53 cities in Arkansas, drawn from EPA drinking-water records. Each city page shows the measured contaminants and a reproducible Purity Score.

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What Arkansas's records show

Counts of cities whose serving system reported each result. There is no statewide score: PurityMap does not average local records into a statewide safety verdict. 1 city has a past health-based violation on record.

PFAS above a 2024 limit

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0of 53 cities

Cities whose system reported a PFAS above its federal limit.

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City rankings

Arkansas cities ranked by the records

Highest first. A summary of each serving system’s record, not a safety verdict.

  1. 1
    Central ArkansasCENTRAL ARKANSAS WATER · AR0000465
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  2. 2
    FayettevilleFAYETTEVILLE WATERWORKS · AR0000569
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  3. 3
    SpringdaleSPRINGDALE WATER UTILITIES · AR0000575
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  4. 4
    JonesboroJONESBORO WATER SYSTEM · AR0000124
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  5. 5
    RogersROGERS WATER UTILITIES · AR0000055
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  6. 6
    ConwayCONWAY WATER SYSTEM · AR0000189
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  7. 7
    BentonvilleBENTONVILLE WATER UTILITIES · AR0000041
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  8. 8
    TexarkanaTEXARKANA WATER UTILITIES · AR0000360
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  9. 9
    LibertyLIBERTY UTILITIES · AR0000272
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  10. 10
    JacksonvilleJACKSONVILLE WATERWORKS · AR0000466
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53 cities, highest Purity Score first

  1. 1Central Arkansas
    CENTRAL ARKANSAS WATER · PWSID AR0000465 · Purity Score 99/100 (Excellent) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level
    No PFAS detected; lead 1 µg/LDetected
  2. 2Fayetteville
    FAYETTEVILLE WATERWORKS · PWSID AR0000569 · Purity Score 99/100 (Excellent) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level
    No PFAS detected; lead 1 µg/LDetected
  3. 3Springdale
    SPRINGDALE WATER UTILITIES · PWSID AR0000575 · Purity Score 99/100 (Excellent) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level
    No PFAS detected; lead 1 µg/LDetected
  4. 4Jonesboro
    JONESBORO WATER SYSTEM · PWSID AR0000124 · Purity Score 99/100 (Excellent) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level
    No PFAS detected; lead 1 µg/LDetected
  5. 5Rogers
    ROGERS WATER UTILITIES · PWSID AR0000055 · Purity Score 99/100 (Excellent) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level
    No PFAS detected; lead 1 µg/LDetected
  6. 6Conway
    CONWAY WATER SYSTEM · PWSID AR0000189 · Purity Score 99/100 (Excellent) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level
    No PFAS detected; lead 1 µg/LDetected
  7. 7Bentonville
    BENTONVILLE WATER UTILITIES · PWSID AR0000041 · Purity Score 99/100 (Excellent) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level
    6:2 FTS 6.2 ng/L detected, no federal or state limit; lead 1 µg/LDetected
  8. 8Texarkana
    TEXARKANA WATER UTILITIES · PWSID AR0000360 · Purity Score 99/100 (Excellent) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level
    No PFAS detected; lead 1 µg/LDetected
  9. 9Liberty
    LIBERTY UTILITIES · PWSID AR0000272 · Purity Score 99/100 (Excellent) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level
    No PFAS detected; lead 1 µg/LDetected
  10. 10Jacksonville
    JACKSONVILLE WATERWORKS · PWSID AR0000466 · Purity Score 99/100 (Excellent) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level
    No PFAS detected; lead 1 µg/LDetected
  11. 11Paragould
    PARAGOULD MUNICIPAL UTILITIES · PWSID AR0000222 · Purity Score 99/100 (Excellent) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level
    No PFAS detected; lead 1 µg/LDetected
  12. 12Benton
    BENTON WATERWORKS · PWSID AR0000484 · Purity Score 99/100 (Excellent) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level
    No PFAS detected; lead 1 µg/LDetected
Showing 12 of 53.

Ranked by the Purity Score of each city's main water system, highest first. Scores belong to water systems; there is no state 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. See how Arkansas compares with other states.

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How does Arkansas tap water compare across cities?

PurityMap ranks 53 cities in Arkansas 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 Central Arkansas's main water system: CENTRAL ARKANSAS WATER · PWSID AR0000465 · 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 Arkansas cities have PFAS above the federal limit?

None of the 53 Arkansas 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 2.

Is there lead in Arkansas tap water?

Utilities report lead as a 90th-percentile result from home taps. 52 of 53 Arkansas 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.

Have Arkansas water systems had drinking-water violations?

1 city in Arkansas has a health-based violation in the federal SDWIS record within about the last ten years. Each city report lists the contaminant, year and whether it was resolved.

Limits, sources and corrections

A statewide page cannot tell you what reaches a specific address. Water quality varies by supplier, sampling period and household plumbing; open a city report for the evidence behind a local result.

Sources: EPA UCMR 5 (PFAS, 2024), SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule 90th-percentile results and health-based violations, and utility Consumer Confidence Reports where on file. Every city report links its dated source records.

Updated 2026-09-16. How PurityMap analyzes water data · Report an error