Editing Lincoln County, Arkansas (section)

====Water====
The [[Arkansas Department of Health]] (ADH) is responsible for the regulation and oversight of public water systems throughout the state. Six community water systems are based in Lincoln County: Yorktown Water Association, Arkansas Department of Corrections - Cummins Unit, Star City Water, Gould Municipal Water/Sewer, Grady Waterworks, and the Garrett Bridge Water Association. All of these utilities use the Sparta Sand Aquifer for source water.{{#tag:ref|Though Garrett Bridge purchases water wholesale from Dumas, whose source is the Sparta Sand Aquifer.<ref>{{ cite web |publisher= Arkansas Department of Health |year= 2016 |title= Garrett Bridge Water Association Annual Drinking Water Quality Report |url= http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/eng/ccr/692.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223063634/http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/eng/ccr/692.pdf |archive-date=December 23, 2016 |url-status=live |work= Consumer Confidence Report |location= Little Rock |access-date= August 4, 2017 }}</ref>|group=Note}}<ref>{{ cite web |publisher= Arkansas Department of Health |year= 2016 |title= ADC Cummins Unit Annual Drinking Water Quality Report |url= http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/eng/ccr/315.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227052610/http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/eng/ccr/315.pdf |archive-date=December 27, 2016 |url-status=live |work= Consumer Confidence Report |location= Little Rock |access-date= August 4, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{ cite web |publisher= Arkansas Department of Health |year= 2016 |title= Gould Municipal Water & Sewer Annual Drinking Water Quality Report |url= http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/eng/ccr/316.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223060502/http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/eng/ccr/316.pdf |archive-date=December 23, 2016 |url-status=live |work= Consumer Confidence Report |location= Little Rock |access-date= August 4, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{ cite web |publisher= Arkansas Department of Health |year= 2016 |title= Grady Waterworks Annual Drinking Water Quality Report |url= http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/eng/ccr/317.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226220742/http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/eng/ccr/317.pdf |archive-date=December 26, 2016 |url-status=live |work= Consumer Confidence Report |location= Little Rock |access-date= August 4, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{ cite web |publisher= Arkansas Department of Health |year= 2016 |title= Star City Water Company Annual Drinking Water Quality Report |url= http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/eng/ccr/318.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227052642/http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/eng/ccr/318.pdf |archive-date=December 27, 2016 |url-status=live |work= Consumer Confidence Report |location= Little Rock |access-date= August 4, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{ cite web |publisher= Arkansas Department of Health |year= 2016 |title= Yorktown Water Association Annual Drinking Water Quality Report |url= http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/eng/ccr/319.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223060507/http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/eng/ccr/319.pdf |archive-date=December 23, 2016 |url-status=live |work= Consumer Confidence Report |location= Little Rock |access-date= August 4, 2017 }}</ref> Small, rural parts of the county are served by the Highway 63 Water Association and the Ladd Water Association.<ref>{{ cite map |title= Public Water Systems |date= January 5, 2016 |url= http://gis.arkansas.gov/product/public-water-systems-polygon/ |type= GIS Dataset |publisher= Arkansas GIS Office |work= Arkansas Department of Health |access-date= August 4, 2017 }}</ref>

Yorktown Water Association has the largest retail population, with 8,169 total retail population, mostly within Lincoln County. ADC Cummins Unit has a retail population of 3,800, followed by Star City with 2,842, Gould with 1,041, and all others under 1,000 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= August 4, 2017 }}</ref>