Editing Prairie County, Arkansas (section)

===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>