Editing Prairie County, Arkansas (section)

==Infrastructure==
===Aviation===
Prairie County contains two public owned/public use [[general aviation]] airports. Both were built during [[World War II]] by the [[United States Army Air Forces]], and turned over to local municipalities following the war. Both are predominantly used for agricultural (spraying) operations.

The [[Hazen Municipal Airport]] is located west of Hazen along US&nbsp;70. For the twelve-month period ending April 30, 2014, the facility saw 32,000 general aviation operations.<ref>{{FAA-airport|ID=6M0|use=PU|own=PU|site=00871.11*A}}. [[Federal Aviation Administration]]. Accessed December 18, 2016.</ref> The [[Stuttgart Municipal Airport]] is located in southern Prairie County near the Arkansas County line. For the twelve-month period ending July 31, 2014, the facility saw 35,000 general aviation operations, 3,000 military operations, and 2,500 [[air taxi]] operations.<ref>{{FAA-airport|ID=SGT|use=PU|own=PU|site=00871.11*A}}. [[Federal Aviation Administration]]. Accessed December 18, 2016.</ref>

===Major highways===
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*[[Image:I-40 (AR 1957).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 40 (Arkansas)|Interstate 40]]
*[[Image:US 63 (1961).svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 63 in Arkansas|US Highway 63]]
*[[Image:US 70 (1961).svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 70 in Arkansas|US Highway 70]]
*[[Image:US 79 (1961).svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 79 in Arkansas|US Highway 79]]
*[[Image:US 165 (AR).svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 165|US Highway 165]]
*[[Image:Arkansas 11.svg|20px]] [[Highway 11 (Arkansas)|Highway 11]]
*[[Image:Arkansas 13.svg|20px]] [[Highway 13 (Arkansas)|Highway 13]]
*[[Image:Arkansas 33.svg|20px]] [[Highway 33 (Arkansas)|Highway 33]]
*[[Image:Arkansas 38.svg|20px]] [[Highway 38 (Arkansas)|Highway 38]]
*[[Image:Arkansas 86.svg|20px]] [[Highway 86 (Arkansas)|Highway 86]]
* [[File:Arkansas 249.svg|25px]] [[Arkansas Highway 249|Highway 249]]
* [[File:Arkansas 302.svg|25px]] [[Arkansas Highway 302|Highway 302]]
* [[File:Arkansas 323.svg|25px]] [[Arkansas Highway 323|Highway 323]]
* [[File:Arkansas 343.svg|25px]] [[Arkansas Highway 343|Highway 343]]
* [[File:Arkansas 959.svg|25px]] [[Arkansas Highway 959|Highway 959]]
* [[File:Arkansas 980(Airport).svg|20px]] [[Arkansas Highway 980|Highway 980]]
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===Utilities===
{{See also|List of public utilities in Arkansas}}
The [[Arkansas Department of Health]] is responsible for the regulation and oversight of public water systems throughout the state. Prairie County contains six community water systems: Biscoe Waterworks, Des Arc Waterworks, DeValls Bluff Waterworks, East Prairie County Public Water Authority (PWA), Hazen Waterworks, Southeast [White County] PWA, and Ulm Waterworks. Des Arc Waterworks has the largest retail population (3,882), followed by Hazen (1,600), and East Prairie County PWA (699).<ref>{{ cite web |title= Community Water System Data |publisher= Arkansas Department of Health, Engineering Section |location= Little Rock |url= http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/eng/autoupdates/data.xls |access-date= December 5, 2016 }}</ref> All community water systems in Prairie County use groundwater as their source of raw water, except Ulm, which purchases all water from Grand Prairie Regional Water<ref>{{ cite web |publisher= Arkansas Department of Health |year= 2015 |title= Ulm Waterworks Annual Drinking Water Quality Report |url= http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/eng/ccr/451.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222152323/http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/eng/ccr/451.pdf |archive-date=December 22, 2016 |url-status=live |work= Consumer Confidence Report |location= Little Rock |access-date= December 5, 2016 }}</ref> and the small portion served by Southeast White County PWA.<ref>{{ cite web |publisher= Arkansas Department of Health |year= 2015 |title= Southeast Water PWA Annual Drinking Water Quality Report |url= http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/eng/ccr/594.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223063040/http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/eng/ccr/594.pdf |archive-date=December 23, 2016 |url-status=live |work= Consumer Confidence Report |location= Little Rock |access-date= December 5, 2016 }}</ref>