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Texarkana Water Utilities

Serves an area of Miller County, AR that includes Texarkana · 50,815 people served

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

  • AR0000360
  • TEXARKANA
  • AR
  • 50,815 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 75501
EPA system ID AR0000360

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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

  • Texarkana Water Utilities draws water from 1 surface water intake.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: administrative penalty by Arkansas, May 2016.
  • Record on file since 2007, with 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 7,616 unknown out of 11,162 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 2007

EPA's records for Texarkana Water Utilities go back to 2007. Before October 19, 2016 they list 6 health-based violations (6 resolved) and 1 monitoring or reporting violation.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
2000s 3 0
2010 to October 18, 2016 3 1

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

Show all 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 83 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Jan 1, 2016 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 82 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Oct 1, 2015 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 82 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Jul 1, 2015 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 81 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Apr 1, 2008 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 2007 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 2007 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Arkansas regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Texarkana Water Utilities in 2016. The most recent was an administrative penalty in May 2016.

Date By Action Violations covered
May 13, 2016 Arkansas Administrative penalty 3 violations (3 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Mar 1, 2016 Arkansas Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations (2 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

Where the water comes from

Texarkana Water Utilities draws water from 1 surface water intake. 1 other community water system and 2 smaller public systems such as schools, businesses or campgrounds buy water from Texarkana Water Utilities.

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Texarkana Water Utilities 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.

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Testing your own water

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