Editing Stone County, Arkansas (section)

===Utilities===
{{See also|List of public utilities in Arkansas}}
[[Entergy|Entergy Arkansas]] is the sole provider of electricity in almost all of Stone County, with exceptions in the northern tip (served by [[North Arkansas Electric Cooperative]]), south of Mountain View ([[First Electric Cooperative]]) and the southwest corner ([[Petit Jean Electric Cooperative]]).<ref>{{ cite map |title=Electric Utility Service Territories (polygon) |date= October 16, 2014 |orig-year=June 5, 2009 |edition= Update |url= http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgis.arkansas.gov%2Farcgis%2Frest%2Fservices%2FFEATURESERVICES%2FUtilities%2FFeatureServer%2F11&source=sd |publisher= Arkansas GIS Office |access-date= January 1, 2019 }}</ref>

[[File:Downtown Mountain View, AR 004.jpg|right|thumb|upright|[[Mountain View Waterworks|Mountain View's downtown water tower]] is listed on the NRHP]]
The [[Arkansas Department of Health]] (ADH) is responsible for the regulation and oversight of public water systems throughout the state. Stone County contains six community water systems: the City of Fifty-Six Water Department, the City of Mountain View Water Department, Pleasant Grove Water Association, Richwoods Water Association, Sylamore Valley Water Association, and the West Stone County Water Association. Mountain View has the largest direct retail population served (7,295, all in Stone County), followed by West Stone County (4,634, including customers served in adjacent counties), Pleasant Grove Water Association (2,315), and Richwoods Water Association (1,436), with the remaining systems under 600 retail population served.<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= January 1, 2019 }}</ref> Of the water systems serving Stone County, only Fifty-Six uses groundwater, the Gunter Sandstone Aquifer, though also purchasing water from [[Big Flat, Arkansas|Big Flat]], which pumps from the same aquifer.<ref>{{ cite web |publisher= Arkansas Department of Health |year= 2017 |title= Fifty Six Water Department Annual Drinking Water Quality Report |url= http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/eng/ccr/046.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227050232/http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/eng/ccr/046.pdf |archive-date=December 27, 2016 |url-status=live |work= Consumer Confidence Report |location= Little Rock |access-date= January 1, 2019 }}</ref> The City of Mountain View uses the White River,<ref>{{ cite web |publisher= Arkansas Department of Health |year= 2017 |title= Mountain View Water Department Annual Drinking Water Quality Report |url= http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/eng/ccr/542.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227055214/http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/eng/ccr/542.pdf |archive-date=December 27, 2016 |url-status=live |work= Consumer Confidence Report |location= Little Rock |access-date= January 1, 2019 }}</ref> and the remaining systems purchasing treated water from Mountain View.<ref>{{ cite web |publisher= Arkansas Department of Health |year= 2017 |title= Pleasant Grove Water Association Annual Drinking Water Quality Report |url= http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/eng/ccr/720.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226223611/http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/eng/ccr/720.pdf |archive-date=December 26, 2016 |url-status=live |work= Consumer Confidence Report |location= Little Rock |access-date= January 1, 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{ cite web |publisher= Arkansas Department of Health |year= 2017 |title= Richwood Water Association Annual Drinking Water Quality Report |url= http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/eng/ccr/835.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227061411/http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/eng/ccr/835.pdf |archive-date=December 27, 2016 |url-status=live |work= Consumer Confidence Report |location= Little Rock |access-date= January 1, 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{ cite web |publisher= Arkansas Department of Health |year= 2017 |title= Sylamore Valley Water Association Annual Drinking Water Quality Report |url= http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/eng/ccr/882.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226224612/http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/eng/ccr/882.pdf |archive-date=December 26, 2016 |url-status=live |work= Consumer Confidence Report |location= Little Rock |access-date= January 1, 2019 }}</ref>{{#tag:ref|West Stone County Water Association also purchases water from Community Water Systems, whose source is [[Greers Ferry Lake]].<ref>{{ cite web |publisher= Arkansas Department of Health |year= 2017 |title= West Stone County Water Association Annual Drinking Water Quality Report |url= http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/eng/ccr/735.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226223832/http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/eng/ccr/735.pdf |archive-date=December 26, 2016 |url-status=live |work= Consumer Confidence Report |location= Little Rock |access-date= January 1, 2019 }}</ref>|group=Note}}