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Gentry Waterworks

Serves an area of Benton County, AR that includes Gentry, Springtown and Cherokee City · 7,910 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for Gentry Waterworks in the last ten years.

  • AR0000048
  • GENTRY
  • AR
  • 7,910 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 72734
EPA system ID AR0000048

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
0

Key facts

  • Gentry Waterworks buys its water from Benton-Washington Regional PWA.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: administrative penalty by Arkansas, August 2016.
  • Record on file since 2015, with 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 896 unknown out of 3,317 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

None since October 2016, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.

Full record since 2015

EPA's records for Gentry Waterworks go back to 2015. Before October 19, 2016 they list 4 health-based violations (3 resolved, 1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and no monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2010 to October 18, 2016 4 0

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began April 2016, Archived.

Show all 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 90 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2016 Archived
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 88 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2016 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 90 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2016 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 85 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2015 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Arkansas regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Gentry Waterworks in 2016. The most recent was an administrative penalty in August 2016.

Date By Action Violations covered
Aug 30, 2016 Arkansas Administrative penalty 3 violations (3 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
May 10, 2016 Arkansas Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations (2 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

Where the water comes from

Gentry Waterworks buys its water from Benton-Washington Regional PWA. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Gentry Waterworks must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.

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Testing your own water

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