What is the Munimetric score for Arkansas?

Munimetric assigns a state-level average MISI score based on the individual scores of all covered community water systems in Arkansas. The state average, band distribution, and market-level rankings are shown on this page. Higher MISI values indicate greater structural stress.

Which water systems in Arkansas face the most infrastructure stress?

The state page ranks the highest-stress systems in Arkansas by MISI score. Stress reflects operational burden, capital gaps, revenue fragility, rate affordability constraints, and governance risk, not a single compliance event. The headline remains a blended structural stress composite rather than a pure physical-condition index. Workflow actions remain reserved for account access.

How does Arkansas compare to other states for drinking water infrastructure risk?

Arkansas is compared against all 50 states and territories using average MISI score, market count, and band distribution. Munimetric tracks nationwide coverage across 9,000+ scored service markets.

Are there lead pipe or corrosion-related concerns in Arkansas water systems?

Where lead and copper rule compliance data is available from EPA SDWA records, Munimetric factors it into the Operational Stress family score. Specific lead service line inventories vary by system. Individual system profiles contain the most detailed compliance context available.

Does Munimetric include PFAS monitoring context for Arkansas water systems?

Munimetric summarizes stored PFAS monitoring context where public contaminant-monitoring records are available. Missing PFAS summaries remain missing records, not non-detections, and this public-record layer does not change the MISI score by itself.

What compliance signals are active in Arkansas?

Munimetric tracks signals such as compliance escalation, monitoring and reporting failures, population decline, income erosion, data staleness, and parent-government fiscal stress across Arkansas water systems.

Does Munimetric track boil water advisories in Arkansas?

Munimetric does not track real-time boil water advisories. For current advisories, contact your local water utility or state drinking water program. Munimetric monitors structural conditions that provide context around system reliability over time.

How many covered systems in Arkansas have recent recorded drinking-water violations?

Stored public records show 38 covered systems with recent drinking-water violations, with 230 recorded violations across 158 covered systems in the recent 3 years window.

How does Munimetric summarize PFAS public-record context in Arkansas?

Stored contaminant-monitoring summaries are present for 148 covered systems; 49 systems have PFAS detection context in this state summary.

How does Munimetric summarize lead & copper context in Arkansas?

Stored lead & copper summaries are present for 158 covered systems; 77 systems have violation or action-level context in this state summary.

What source-water types are represented across covered Arkansas systems?

Stored identity records group covered Arkansas systems by source-water type: Surface water: 104, Groundwater: 54.

Where can I find official drinking-water records for Arkansas?

The Official records drawer lists Public drinking-water profile, Contaminant monitoring records links where currently available for Arkansas.

Is this a real-time statewide tap-water condition rating?

No. This is not a real-time tap-water condition determination. Munimetric summarizes stored public-record context for research and navigation, and this layer does not change MISI.

States / Arkansas

Arkansas

Name: Arkansas Drinking Water Infrastructure Stress Data
Creator: Munimetric
License: https://munimetric.com/terms

Arkansas municipal water system monitoring across 158 scored service markets serving approximately 2.6 million people, with Munimetric scores, stress signals, market rankings, and infrastructure risk context. This state profile highlights what is happening and why it matters using water-system, fiscal, capital, and signal context.

Arkansas has an average MISI infrastructure stress score of 23.7/100 in the Watch band as of 2026-08-25. Public records summarize recent drinking-water violations, PFAS monitoring records, lead and copper context, and source-water mix across 158 covered systems. Updated May 2026.

National context

States sized by scored-market count. Color reflects average stress band.

158Markets scored

23.7Headline composite

~2.6MPop. served

735Active signals

Band distribution (MISI)

State headline composite

Component of current headline composite

Infrastructure Stress18.6 / 100

Physical, compliance, and capital-execution pressure reflected in the blended headline composite.

Socioeconomic Stress4.4 / 100

Affordability, demand-base, and parent-government fiscal pressure reflected in the blended headline composite.

Observability Stress0.6 / 100

Staleness, disclosure freshness, and reporting-visibility effects reflected in the blended headline composite.

23.7 headline compositeArkansas state composite158 markets~2.6M people served

West Helena Water Works55.8fragile Marion Waterworks52.9fragile Barton Lexa Water Association45.5fragile Crossett Water Commission45.5fragile Helena Water Sewer45.2fragile El Dorado Waterworks44.9fragile Hamburg Waterworks43.4fragile Liberty Utilities42.1fragile Hope Water Light Comm42.0fragile Magnolia Waterworks40.9fragile Grand Prairie Bayou 2 Pfb40.7fragile Crowleys Ridge Water Assoc38.2watch Ward Waterworks37.9watch Hardin Water Association37.6watch Osceola Waterworks37.6watch West Memphis Waterworks37.3watch Warren Waterworks36.7watch Community Water System36.7watch Greenwood Waterworks36.5watch North Crossett Utilities36.3watch Stuttgart Waterworks36.3watch Grand Prairie Regional Water36.3watch Forrest City Waterworks36.2watch Lincoln Waterworks36.2watch Blytheville Waterworks36.0watch Ne Yell County Water Assoc35.9watch Cross County Rural Water Sys35.0watch Ozark Waterworks34.6watch North White Co Rural Water Pfb34.1watch Watson Chapel Water Assoc34.1watch Vilonia Waterworks34.1watch Nashville Rural Water Assoc34.0watch Yorktown Water Association34.0watch Manila Waterworks32.8watch Alma Waterworks32.2watch Sevier Co Water Association31.8watch Dumas Waterworks31.8watch Adc - Cummins Unit Maint31.8watch Lee County Water Association31.4watch Mena Water Department31.2watch Riversouth Rural Water Dist30.6watch Four Mile Hill Water Assoc30.5watch Dequeen Water Work30.3watch Centerton Waterworks29.8watch Hot Springs Utilities29.8watch Pottsville Water Association29.7watch Fort Smith Water Utilities29.7watch Milltown-Washburn Water Users29.5watch Corning Waterworks29.5watch Fordyce Water Co29.3watch Cabot Waterworks29.1watch Salem Water Association29.1watch Mc Gehee Waterworks28.8watch Perryville Waterworks28.6watch James Fork Regional Water District28.6watch Jonesboro Water System28.6watch Maumelle Water Management28.5watch Prescott Waterworks28.4watch Siloam Springs Waterworks28.3watch Lonoke Waterworks28.3watch City Corporation28.0watch Mount Olive Water Association28.0watch White Hall Waterworks27.6watch Waldron Waterworks27.3watch Greenbrier Waterworks26.0watch Arkadelphia Waterworks25.7watch Marianna Waterworks25.4watch Dardanelle Waterworks25.2watch Tri-County Water Distbr Dist25.1watch Paragould City Light Water24.8watch Paris Waterworks24.6watch Southside Pub Water Authority24.4watch Beebe Waterworks24.4watch Brinkley Waterworks24.4watch Charleston Waterworks24.4watch Trumann Waterworks24.2watch West Stone County Water Assn24.1watch East End Water23.9watch Bryant Waterworks23.7watch Wooster Waterworks23.7watch Pocahontas Waterworks23.1watch Kimzey Regional Water District23.0watch Gosnell Water Association22.8watch Western Greene County R W D22.8watch Jacksonville Waterworks22.6watch Conway Water System22.3watch Wynne Waterworks22.1watch Sardis Water Association21.9watch Walnut Ridge Waterworks21.8watch Sw Boone County Water Assoc21.4watch Camden Waterworks21.2watch North East Public Water Auth21.1watch Dewitt Waterworks20.7watch Lawrence Co Reg Water Dist20.2watch Searcy Waterworks20.1watch Prairie Grove Waterworks20.1watch Herber Springs Water System19.0stable Central Arkansas Water18.9stable Bentonville Water Utilities18.9stable Monticello Water Department18.8stable Mayflower Waterworks18.7stable Ashdown Waterworks18.7stable Tumbling Shoals Water Assoc18.5stable Madison Co Water Facilities Bd18.4stable Piggott Waterworks18.3stable Clay Co Reg Water District18.3stable Conway Co Regional Water Dist17.7stable Rogers Water Utilities17.6stable Springdale Water Utilities17.6stable Hwy 63 Water Association17.4stable Newport Waterworks17.1stable North Pulaski Pfb17.0stable Gravette Waterworks16.7stable Hot Springs Village Waterworks16.7stable Little River Co Rda16.7stable Pea Ridge Waterworks16.4stable Malvern Waterworks16.3stable Texarkana Water Utilities16.2stable Bella Vista Poa15.9stable Nashville Waterworks15.3stable North Little Rock Waterworks15.1stable US Air Force Base Little Rock15.1stable Fayetteville Waterworks14.6stable N Garland Co Reg Water Dist13.8stable Benton Waterworks13.4stable Haskell Water System13.4stable Marshall Waterworks13.1stable Batesville Water Utilities13.1stable Cedarville Waterworks13.0stable Hwy 71 Water District #1 Pwa13.0stable Des Arc Waterworks12.6stable Barling Waterworks12.4stable Lakeview-Midway Public Water Authority12.3stable Clinton Waterworks11.5stable Washington Water Authority Wwa11.3stable Harrison Waterworks11.2stable Berryville Waterworks11.2stable Green Forest Waterworks11.2stable Mountain Top Water Association11.2stable Holiday Island Waterworks11.1stable Van Buren Waterworks9.3stable Booneville Waterworks8.7stable Melbourne Waterworks7.6stable Southwest Water Association7.6stable Mountain View Waterworks7.6stable Horsehead Water Association7.6stable East Johnson Co Water Assn7.6stable Hot Spring Co Water Assoc6.8stable Flippin Waterworks6.8stable Benton Co Water5.9stable Gentry Waterworks5.9stable Sw White County Water Assn5.9stable Center Grove Water Association5.9stable Se White County Water Assoc5.9stable Mountain Home Waterworks4.0stable Clarksville Waterworks3.6stable Cherokee Village Water Assoc3.6stable Sheridan Waterworks3.0stable West Helena Water Works55.8fragile Marion Waterworks52.9fragile Barton Lexa Water Association45.5fragile Crossett Water Commission45.5fragile Helena Water Sewer45.2fragile El Dorado Waterworks44.9fragile Hamburg Waterworks43.4fragile Liberty Utilities42.1fragile Hope Water Light Comm42.0fragile Magnolia Waterworks40.9fragile Grand Prairie Bayou 2 Pfb40.7fragile Crowleys Ridge Water Assoc38.2watch Ward Waterworks37.9watch Hardin Water Association37.6watch Osceola Waterworks37.6watch West Memphis Waterworks37.3watch Warren Waterworks36.7watch Community Water System36.7watch Greenwood Waterworks36.5watch North Crossett Utilities36.3watch Stuttgart Waterworks36.3watch Grand Prairie Regional Water36.3watch Forrest City Waterworks36.2watch Lincoln Waterworks36.2watch Blytheville Waterworks36.0watch Ne Yell County Water Assoc35.9watch Cross County Rural Water Sys35.0watch Ozark Waterworks34.6watch North White Co Rural Water Pfb34.1watch Watson Chapel Water Assoc34.1watch Vilonia Waterworks34.1watch Nashville Rural Water Assoc34.0watch Yorktown Water Association34.0watch Manila Waterworks32.8watch Alma Waterworks32.2watch Sevier Co Water Association31.8watch Dumas Waterworks31.8watch Adc - Cummins Unit Maint31.8watch Lee County Water Association31.4watch Mena Water Department31.2watch Riversouth Rural Water Dist30.6watch Four Mile Hill Water Assoc30.5watch Dequeen Water Work30.3watch Centerton Waterworks29.8watch Hot Springs Utilities29.8watch Pottsville Water Association29.7watch Fort Smith Water Utilities29.7watch Milltown-Washburn Water Users29.5watch Corning Waterworks29.5watch Fordyce Water Co29.3watch Cabot Waterworks29.1watch Salem Water Association29.1watch Mc Gehee Waterworks28.8watch Perryville Waterworks28.6watch James Fork Regional Water District28.6watch Jonesboro Water System28.6watch Maumelle Water Management28.5watch Prescott Waterworks28.4watch Siloam Springs Waterworks28.3watch Lonoke Waterworks28.3watch City Corporation28.0watch Mount Olive Water Association28.0watch White Hall Waterworks27.6watch Waldron Waterworks27.3watch Greenbrier Waterworks26.0watch Arkadelphia Waterworks25.7watch Marianna Waterworks25.4watch Dardanelle Waterworks25.2watch Tri-County Water Distbr Dist25.1watch Paragould City Light Water24.8watch Paris Waterworks24.6watch Southside Pub Water Authority24.4watch Beebe Waterworks24.4watch Brinkley Waterworks24.4watch Charleston Waterworks24.4watch Trumann Waterworks24.2watch West Stone County Water Assn24.1watch East End Water23.9watch Bryant Waterworks23.7watch Wooster Waterworks23.7watch Pocahontas Waterworks23.1watch Kimzey Regional Water District23.0watch Gosnell Water Association22.8watch Western Greene County R W D22.8watch Jacksonville Waterworks22.6watch Conway Water System22.3watch Wynne Waterworks22.1watch Sardis Water Association21.9watch Walnut Ridge Waterworks21.8watch Sw Boone County Water Assoc21.4watch Camden Waterworks21.2watch North East Public Water Auth21.1watch Dewitt Waterworks20.7watch Lawrence Co Reg Water Dist20.2watch Searcy Waterworks20.1watch Prairie Grove Waterworks20.1watch Herber Springs Water System19.0stable Central Arkansas Water18.9stable Bentonville Water Utilities18.9stable Monticello Water Department18.8stable Mayflower Waterworks18.7stable Ashdown Waterworks18.7stable Tumbling Shoals Water Assoc18.5stable Madison Co Water Facilities Bd18.4stable Piggott Waterworks18.3stable Clay Co Reg Water District18.3stable Conway Co Regional Water Dist17.7stable Rogers Water Utilities17.6stable Springdale Water Utilities17.6stable Hwy 63 Water Association17.4stable Newport Waterworks17.1stable North Pulaski Pfb17.0stable Gravette Waterworks16.7stable Hot Springs Village Waterworks16.7stable Little River Co Rda16.7stable Pea Ridge Waterworks16.4stable Malvern Waterworks16.3stable Texarkana Water Utilities16.2stable Bella Vista Poa15.9stable Nashville Waterworks15.3stable North Little Rock Waterworks15.1stable US Air Force Base Little Rock15.1stable Fayetteville Waterworks14.6stable N Garland Co Reg Water Dist13.8stable Benton Waterworks13.4stable Haskell Water System13.4stable Marshall Waterworks13.1stable Batesville Water Utilities13.1stable Cedarville Waterworks13.0stable Hwy 71 Water District #1 Pwa13.0stable Des Arc Waterworks12.6stable Barling Waterworks12.4stable Lakeview-Midway Public Water Authority12.3stable Clinton Waterworks11.5stable Washington Water Authority Wwa11.3stable Harrison Waterworks11.2stable Berryville Waterworks11.2stable Green Forest Waterworks11.2stable Mountain Top Water Association11.2stable Holiday Island Waterworks11.1stable Van Buren Waterworks9.3stable Booneville Waterworks8.7stable Melbourne Waterworks7.6stable Southwest Water Association7.6stable Mountain View Waterworks7.6stable Horsehead Water Association7.6stable East Johnson Co Water Assn7.6stable Hot Spring Co Water Assoc6.8stable Flippin Waterworks6.8stable Benton Co Water5.9stable Gentry Waterworks5.9stable Sw White County Water Assn5.9stable Center Grove Water Association5.9stable Se White County Water Assoc5.9stable Mountain Home Waterworks4.0stable Clarksville Waterworks3.6stable Cherokee Village Water Assoc3.6stable Sheridan Waterworks3.0stable

State interpretation guide

How to read Arkansas headline composite

Plain-language summary

Arkansas currently shows an average MISI headline composite of 23.7 versus a national average of 24.4. In v0.1.2, the headline composite remains a blended structural stress measure rather than a pure physical-condition index. A frozen national reference and a 50 percent single-factor cap reduce the dominance of near-universal and very rare factors, while the component bars continue to separate infrastructure, socioeconomic, and observability readings.

Why this page stands out

158 scored systems are included in this state view, with explicit confidence and source-backed context.
State posture is benchmarked against national averages, not evaluated in isolation.
Top system links below connect state-level findings directly to profile-level diagnostics.

What to do next

Review the executive context to understand the state-level pressure pattern.
Open top system profiles to inspect what is actually driving stress at market level.
Use saved monitoring after research access is enabled to follow high-stress systems over time.

Priority Arkansas paths

Public record layer

Statewide Water Quality Context

Stored public-record context for recent drinking-water violations, contaminant monitoring, and source-water mix across covered systems. This is not a tap-water safety determination and does not change the MISI score.

Systems with recent violations

38 of 158Systems with recent public violation rows.

Source-water mix158 systems

Surface water104
Groundwater54
Purchased water0
Mixed source0
Not stored0

Latest identity snapshot: Jun 30, 2026

Coverage

Violation, enforcement, and compliance-burden counts use the recent 3 years window for dated stored records.
Drinking-water identity snapshots are stored for 158 of 158 included scored systems.
PFAS monitoring summary records are stored for 148 of 158 included systems; missing records are not treated as non-detections.
Lead and copper summary records are stored for 158 of 158 included systems; missing records are not treated as absence of lead/copper context.

Water quality questionsDefinitions and public-record context

How many covered systems in Arkansas have recent recorded drinking-water violations?: Stored public records show 38 covered systems with recent drinking-water violations, with 230 recorded violations across 158 covered systems in the recent 3 years window.
How does Munimetric summarize PFAS public-record context in Arkansas?: Stored contaminant-monitoring summaries are present for 148 covered systems; 49 systems have PFAS detection context in this state summary.
How does Munimetric summarize lead & copper context in Arkansas?: Stored lead & copper summaries are present for 158 covered systems; 77 systems have violation or action-level context in this state summary.
What source-water types are represented across covered Arkansas systems?: Stored identity records group covered Arkansas systems by source-water type: Surface water: 104, Groundwater: 54.
Where can I find official drinking-water records for Arkansas?: The Official records drawer lists Public drinking-water profile, Contaminant monitoring records links where currently available for Arkansas.
Is this a real-time statewide tap-water condition rating?: No. This is not a real-time tap-water condition determination. Munimetric summarizes stored public-record context for research and navigation, and this layer does not change MISI.

Official records

Public drinking-water profileEPA ECHO: Federal drinking-water dashboard and public-record search entry point.
Contaminant monitoring recordsEPA UCMR: Federal contaminant-monitoring program reference and public data entry point.

Methodology/source notes

Methodology/source notesDisplayed from stored public drinking-water records and official program references. This layer does not change MISI.
Enforcement historyEPA ECHO / SDWIS: Violation and enforcement counts are aggregated from stored public compliance records across covered systems.
Contaminant monitoring recordsEPA UCMR: PFAS context uses stored contaminant-monitoring summaries where available; missing records are not treated as non-detections.
State drinking-water programOfficial link not currently stored for this state program mapping.

Top recent compliance-burden systemsRecent 3 years

System	Population	Source water	Recent violations	Recent enforcement	Public-record flags
West Helena Water WorksAR0000416	5,693	Groundwater	51	23	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, recent monitoring/reporting failures, PFAS detections in stored records, lead/copper context
Helena Water SewerAR0000419	2,708	Groundwater	45	18	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, recent monitoring/reporting failures, PFAS detections in stored records, lead/copper context
Wooster WaterworksAR0000196	5,000	Surface water	16	14	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history
Lee County Water AssociationAR0000313	3,770	Groundwater	12	18	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, PFAS detections in stored records, lead/copper context
Lonoke WaterworksAR0000343	4,277	Groundwater	10	16	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, lead/copper context
Marion WaterworksAR0000152	13,032	Groundwater	10	13	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, recent monitoring/reporting failures, PFAS detections in stored records, lead/copper context
Osceola WaterworksAR0000375	6,053	Groundwater	8	13	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, recent monitoring/reporting failures, PFAS detections in stored records, lead/copper context
Ward WaterworksAR0000345	12,579	Surface water	6	6	recent violations recorded, recent enforcement history, lead/copper context

This is not a real-time tap-water condition determination. For current advisories or health guidance, consult the utility or state drinking-water program.

Executive context

What This Page Shows

158 of the community drinking-water systems in Arkansas are currently scored. Analytics below are calculated from this covered subset only. Covered systems serve approximately 2.6M people.

What the Data Suggests

Arkansas has 158 scored service markets in the Munimetric coverage set, covering roughly 2.6 million residents in total. At the latest reading, the state-level average lands at 23.7 out of 100, indicating early but meaningful signs of structural stress in aggregate. A relatively small share — roughly 7% — currently sit in elevated-stress bands.

Across state markets, Operational Stress (9.7 points average) and Capex Pressure (9.0) are the leading contributors to headline stress. The relatively close spacing suggests pressure is spread across more than one dimension.

735 active signals are recorded across state markets. The most prevalent is Current Drought Severity, affecting 156 markets.

State-level average stress has been relatively steady between recent observation periods, suggesting the current picture reflects persistent conditions rather than a sudden shift.

This summary is based on structured, source-backed public data and is intended for research and monitoring only. It is not investment advice, a credit opinion, or municipal advisory guidance.

Recent Movement

Latest average MISI is 23.7 as of Aug 25, 2026. Movement since Aug 24, 2026 is flat.

Compact summary from 101 stored state observations.

State Family Contribution Summary

Operational Stress9.7 / 20.0

Capex Pressure9.0 / 20.0

Revenue Fragility3.3 / 20.0

Governance Risk1.3 / 20.0

Rate Constraint0.5 / 20.0

Signals

Signal Frequency

Signal	Severity	Markets affected	% of scored
Current Drought Severity	high	156	99%
Climate Hazard Exposure	high	134	85%
Lead & Copper Rule Risk	high	77	49%
Infrastructure Capital Gap	high	69	44%
Compliance Escalation	high	63	40%
Population Served Decline	high	62	39%
High-AGI Out-Migration	high	53	34%
PFAS Contamination Risk	high	49	31%
Parent-Government Fiscal Stress	high	27	17%
Utility Data Staleness	high	18	11%
Income Erosion	medium	17	11%
Monitoring / Reporting Failures	medium	5	3%
Housing Market Weakness	medium	4	3%
Rapid Score Deterioration	high	1	1%

Markets

Top Markets

#	Market	Score	Band	Population	Signals
1	West Helena Water Works	55.8	Fragile	6K	10
2	Marion Waterworks	52.9	Fragile	13K	10
3	Barton Lexa Water Association	45.5	Fragile	4K	7
4	Crossett Water Commission	45.5	Fragile	8K	9
5	Helena Water Sewer	45.2	Fragile	3K	8
6	El Dorado Waterworks	44.9	Fragile	18K	8
7	Hamburg Waterworks	43.4	Fragile	6K	9
8	Liberty Utilities	42.1	Fragile	43K	8
9	Hope Water Light Comm	42.0	Fragile	12K	7
10	Magnolia Waterworks	40.9	Fragile	12K	8
11	Grand Prairie Bayou 2 Pfb	40.7	Fragile	14K	7
12	Crowleys Ridge Water Assoc	38.2	Watch	4K	7
13	Ward Waterworks	37.9	Watch	13K	6
14	Hardin Water Association	37.6	Watch	5K	7
15	Osceola Waterworks	37.6	Watch	6K	8
16	West Memphis Waterworks	37.3	Watch	24K	7
17	Warren Waterworks	36.7	Watch	6K	7
18	Community Water System	36.7	Watch	19K	5
19	Greenwood Waterworks	36.5	Watch	10K	6
20	North Crossett Utilities	36.3	Watch	3K	8

Comparison

State Comparison

National average: 24.4

Rank	State	Avg Score	Band	Markets	Delta vs State
26	South Dakota	24.3	Watch	46	+0.7
27	Wisconsin	24.1	Watch	195	+0.4
28	Arkansas	23.7	Watch	158	+0.0
29	North Dakota	23.5	Watch	29	-0.2
30	Maryland	23.4	Watch	78	-0.2

Analytical posture

State Stress Analytics

Score Distribution

Distribution of scored market scores with the state average overlay.

158 markets plotted.

Stress vs Population

Each point is a scored market; tooltip reveals market-level context.

158 markets plotted.

Population View

People served by community water systems in Arkansas, colored by stress band.

~2.6M people served by 158 systems in Arkansas

Stable

Watch

Fragile

High Stress

Critical

158 scored systems · colored by stress band

Peer Constellation

Select a market to see its nearest peers by score similarity.

Center market:

24 nearest peers by score distance.

Score Trend

Latest

23.7

Trend

+23.7

Observations

101

Extended layers

Advanced State Context

Priority views, detailed registers, and methodology supporting the analytical core above.

Markets & signals

Priority Views

#	Market	Score	Band	Population	Signals
1	West Helena Water Works	55.8	Fragile	6K	10
2	Marion Waterworks	52.9	Fragile	13K	10
3	Barton Lexa Water Association	45.5	Fragile	4K	7
4	Crossett Water Commission	45.5	Fragile	8K	9
5	Helena Water Sewer	45.2	Fragile	3K	8
6	El Dorado Waterworks	44.9	Fragile	18K	8
7	Hamburg Waterworks	43.4	Fragile	6K	9
8	Liberty Utilities	42.1	Fragile	43K	8
9	Hope Water Light Comm	42.0	Fragile	12K	7
10	Magnolia Waterworks	40.9	Fragile	12K	8
11	Grand Prairie Bayou 2 Pfb	40.7	Fragile	14K	7
12	Crowleys Ridge Water Assoc	38.2	Watch	4K	7
13	Ward Waterworks	37.9	Watch	13K	6
14	Hardin Water Association	37.6	Watch	5K	7
15	Osceola Waterworks	37.6	Watch	6K	8
16	West Memphis Waterworks	37.3	Watch	24K	7
17	Warren Waterworks	36.7	Watch	6K	7
18	Community Water System	36.7	Watch	19K	5
19	Greenwood Waterworks	36.5	Watch	10K	6
20	North Crossett Utilities	36.3	Watch	3K	8

Detailed records

Registers

#	Market	Score	Band	Population	Signals
1	West Helena Water Works	55.8	Fragile	6K	10
2	Marion Waterworks	52.9	Fragile	13K	10
3	Barton Lexa Water Association	45.5	Fragile	4K	7
4	Crossett Water Commission	45.5	Fragile	8K	9
5	Helena Water Sewer	45.2	Fragile	3K	8
6	El Dorado Waterworks	44.9	Fragile	18K	8
7	Hamburg Waterworks	43.4	Fragile	6K	9
8	Liberty Utilities	42.1	Fragile	43K	8
9	Hope Water Light Comm	42.0	Fragile	12K	7
10	Magnolia Waterworks	40.9	Fragile	12K	8
11	Grand Prairie Bayou 2 Pfb	40.7	Fragile	14K	7
12	Crowleys Ridge Water Assoc	38.2	Watch	4K	7
13	Ward Waterworks	37.9	Watch	13K	6
14	Hardin Water Association	37.6	Watch	5K	7
15	Osceola Waterworks	37.6	Watch	6K	8
16	West Memphis Waterworks	37.3	Watch	24K	7
17	Warren Waterworks	36.7	Watch	6K	7
18	Community Water System	36.7	Watch	19K	5
19	Greenwood Waterworks	36.5	Watch	10K	6
20	North Crossett Utilities	36.3	Watch	3K	8

Munimetric tracks infrastructure stress across 158 community drinking-water systems in Arkansas, covering compliance conditions, capital needs, revenue and rate pressure, and governance risk. Use this page to research which systems face the highest structural stress and how Arkansas compares nationally.

Which water systems in Arkansas face the most infrastructure stress?: The highest-stress systems in Arkansas are ranked by MISI score above. Stress reflects operational burden, capital gaps, revenue fragility, rate affordability constraints, and governance risk—not a single compliance event. In v0.1.2, the headline composite remains a blended structural stress measure rather than a pure physical-condition index. A frozen national reference and a 50 percent single-factor cap reduce the dominance of near-universal and very rare factors, while the component bars continue to separate infrastructure, socioeconomic, and observability readings.
How does Arkansas compare to other states for drinking water infrastructure risk?: Arkansas is compared against all 50 states and territories using average MISI score, market count, and band distribution. The state comparison table above shows where Arkansas ranks nationally and how its average score compares.
Are there lead pipe or corrosion-related concerns in Arkansas water systems?: Where lead and copper rule compliance data is available from EPA SDWA records, Munimetric factors it into the Operational Stress family. Specific lead service line inventories vary by system. Individual system profiles contain the most detailed compliance context available.
What compliance signals are active in Arkansas?: Munimetric tracks signals such as compliance escalation, monitoring and reporting failures, data staleness, and financial stress indicators across Arkansas systems. The signal frequency table above summarizes which signals are most prevalent statewide.
Does Munimetric track boil water advisories in Arkansas?: Munimetric does not track real-time boil water advisories. For current advisories, contact your local water utility or state drinking water program. Munimetric monitors structural conditions—compliance posture, infrastructure stress, and governance risk—that provide broader context around system reliability.

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Water Infrastructure in Arkansas

Munimetric tracks infrastructure stress across 158 community drinking-water systems in Arkansas. Each system receives a Munimetric Infrastructure Stress Index (MISI) score from 0 to 100, calculated across five risk families: Operational Stress, Capex Pressure, Revenue Fragility, Rate Constraint, and Governance Risk. Higher scores indicate more structural stress. Scores are source-backed and deterministic, drawing from EPA SDWA compliance records, American Community Survey demographic and economic data, FEMA National Risk Index hazard profiles, and state financial disclosures.

State-level monitoring shows which systems face the highest structural stress, how Arkansas compares against other states nationally, and which monitoring signals are most active across the state. Each individual system profile includes compliance history, score family drivers, peer rankings within population-based cohorts where safeguards pass, and public source context. Full provenance cards and source workbench views remain workflow-gated. Munimetric covers community water systems across all 50 states and territories. This is structural risk research—not a water quality rating, advisory feed, or credit rating. Updated May 2026.

The statewide public-record layer adds drinking-water violation categories, PFAS monitoring summaries where stored, lead and copper context, source-water mix, and official record links across covered systems. These records help explain water-system context alongside infrastructure stress without turning Munimetric into a tap-water safety determination.

What is the Munimetric score for Arkansas?: Munimetric assigns a state-level average MISI score based on the individual scores of all covered community water systems in Arkansas. The state average, band distribution, and market-level rankings are shown on this page. Higher MISI values indicate greater structural stress.
Which water systems in Arkansas face the most infrastructure stress?: The state page ranks the highest-stress systems in Arkansas by MISI score. Stress reflects operational burden, capital gaps, revenue fragility, rate affordability constraints, and governance risk, not a single compliance event. The headline remains a blended structural stress composite rather than a pure physical-condition index. Workflow actions remain reserved for account access.
How does Arkansas compare to other states for drinking water infrastructure risk?: Arkansas is compared against all 50 states and territories using average MISI score, market count, and band distribution. Munimetric tracks nationwide coverage across 9,000+ scored service markets.
Are there lead pipe or corrosion-related concerns in Arkansas water systems?: Where lead and copper rule compliance data is available from EPA SDWA records, Munimetric factors it into the Operational Stress family score. Specific lead service line inventories vary by system. Individual system profiles contain the most detailed compliance context available.
Does Munimetric include PFAS monitoring context for Arkansas water systems?: Munimetric summarizes stored PFAS monitoring context where public contaminant-monitoring records are available. Missing PFAS summaries remain missing records, not non-detections, and this public-record layer does not change the MISI score by itself.
What compliance signals are active in Arkansas?: Munimetric tracks signals such as compliance escalation, monitoring and reporting failures, population decline, income erosion, data staleness, and parent-government fiscal stress across Arkansas water systems.
Does Munimetric track boil water advisories in Arkansas?: Munimetric does not track real-time boil water advisories. For current advisories, contact your local water utility or state drinking water program. Munimetric monitors structural conditions that provide context around system reliability over time.