Public water system record
Community Water System
Serves an area of Cleburne County, Faulkner County and 1 more county, AR that includes Fairfield Bay, Greers Ferry, Guy and 5 more places · 18,628 people served
Federal records show 1 health-based violation and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for Community Water System in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule violation that EPA lists as archived, not resolved.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 1
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Archived by EPA
- 1
- Any acute record
- Yes
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 3
Key facts
- Community Water System draws water from 1 surface water intake.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Arkansas, June 2025.
- Record on file since 1992, with 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 6,346 unknown out of 8,379 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
| Contaminant | Rule family | Start date | Status | Acute |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
120 | Mar 1, 2025 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
Yes |
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Jan 1, 2025 | Resolved |
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
Feb 1, 2022 |
Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
|
|
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
|
May 1, 2021 | Resolved |
Full record since 1992
EPA's records for Community Water System go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list 5 health-based violations (4 resolved, 1 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 3 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | 0 |
| 2000s | 3 | 0 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020s | 1 | 3 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Lead and Copper Rule, began January 2013, Resolved.
Show all 5 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 2013 | Resolved |
|
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 2009 | Resolved |
|
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (acute)
Treatment technique failure
|
Sep 1, 2008 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
May 1, 2004 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Dec 1, 1992 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
Arkansas regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Community Water System and issued 1 boil water order between 1988 and 2025, filed as 4 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in June 2025.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2025 | Arkansas | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| Mar 5, 2014 | Arkansas | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations (1 health-based): Lead and Copper Rule |
| Sep 30, 1988 | Arkansas | Boil water order | 2 violations |
What the violations mean
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
1 incidentThe system did not meet a filtration or treatment requirement for surface water
Inadequate treatment of surface water can let pathogens such as Cryptosporidium and Giardia through
Where the water comes from
Community Water System draws water from 1 surface water intake. It also has emergency connections to Shirley Waterworks and Conway Water System. 9 other community water systems buy water from Community Water System. 2 other public water systems have emergency connections to Community Water System.
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Shirley Waterworks Shirley, AR
- Conway Water System Conway, AR
Community systems that buy water from it
- Beaverfork PWA Conway, AR
- Damascus Water Works Damascus, AR
- Greenbrier Waterworks Greenbrier, AR
- Guy Waterworks Guy, AR
- Mayflower Waterworks Mayflower, AR
- Quitman Waterworks Quitman, AR
- Vilonia Waterworks Vilonia, AR
- West Stone County Water Assn Fox, AR
- Wooster Waterworks Wooster, AR
Annual water quality report
Community Water System 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.
Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Arkansas.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells