Photo: Kurt Bauschardt from Edmonton, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Living in Calion, AR: what to set up and who to call
Calion Water Works reported one health-based violation to EPA in the last five years: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions), beginning Apr 2026. Children in Calion attend Smackover-Norphlet School District.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Calion, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Calion.
Power comes from Entergy Arkansas
Entergy Arkansas (Entergy Arkansas LLC), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Calion. Its homes paid an average of 13.4¢ per kWh in 2025, about $145 a month (its average across Arkansas).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Calion Water Works
Calion Water Works supplies Calion: about 87% of residents live in its service area. About 13% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 494 people in all.
1 health-based violation reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions), beginning Apr 2026. 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people had none.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2002–Dec 2004, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2004: EPA has no newer result for this system.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. AR0000551.
Which providers serve Calion
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Calion, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.
Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.
We don’t have Calion’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Calion.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Calion is in Smackover-Norphlet School District.
Test scores and every school: see Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Aug 2015; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Calion spans 2 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Calion residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Calion | ZIP’s residents in Calion |
|---|---|---|---|
| 71724 | Calion, AR | 64% | 80% |
| 71730 | El Dorado, AR | 36% | 0% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Calion
Who supplies Calion’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Calion Water Works (EPA ID AR0000551). It reported 1 health-based violation to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a lead and copper treatment requirement (Lead and Copper Rule Revisions). 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.0 ppb (Jan 2002–Dec 2004), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Calion?
Entergy Arkansas (Entergy Arkansas LLC), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 13.4¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Calion?
71724 (64%), 71730 (36%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Calion in?
Smackover-Norphlet School District.
How do I register to vote in Calion?
Arkansas has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Union County Clerk. Check your registration at voterview.ar-nova.org.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet (FCC): pending.