Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Foreman, AR: what to set up and who to call
Power in Foreman comes from Southwest Arkansas E C C, a cooperative utility rather than a private company. The nearest emergency room is Little River Memorial Hospital, 15.5 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Foreman, 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 Foreman.
Power comes from Southwest Arkansas E C C
Southwest Arkansas E C C (Southwest Arkansas E C C), a cooperative utility, serves all of Foreman. Its homes paid an average of 13.9¢ per kWh in 2025, about $175 a month (its average across Arkansas).
Start or move service: swrea.com · (870) 772-2743
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Foreman Waterworks
Foreman Waterworks supplies Foreman: about 84% of residents live in its service area. About 16% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Little River Co Rda as seller) and serves 1,011 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2001–Dec 2003, was 8.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. It’s from 2003: 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. AR0000323.
Which providers serve Foreman
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Foreman, 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 Foreman’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Foreman.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Foreman is in Foreman 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 Jul 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Foreman is in ZIP code 71836
ZIP codes where Foreman residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Foreman | ZIP’s residents in Foreman |
|---|---|---|---|
| 71836 | Foreman, AR | 100% | 36% |
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 Foreman
Who supplies Foreman’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Foreman Waterworks (EPA ID AR0000323). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 8.0 ppb (Jan 2001–Dec 2003), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Foreman?
Southwest Arkansas E C C (Southwest Arkansas E C C), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 13.9¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Foreman?
71836. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Foreman in?
Foreman School District.
How do I register to vote in Foreman?
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 Little River 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.