Public water system record
Houston Waterworks
Serves an area of Perry County, AR that includes Houston · 650 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Houston Waterworks in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 2
Key facts
- Houston Waterworks buys its water from Perryville Waterworks.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Arkansas, March 2015.
- Record on file since 1992, with 8 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 298 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.
None since October 2016.
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
|
Jun 1, 2017 | Resolved |
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2016 | Resolved |
Full record since 1992
EPA's records for Houston Waterworks go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list 8 health-based violations (8 resolved) and 34 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 | 26 |
| 2000s | 3 | 0 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 5 | 8 |
| October 19, 2016 to 2019 | 0 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Stage 1 Disinfection Byproducts Rule, began February 2015, Resolved.
Show all 8 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Stage 1 Disinfection Byproducts Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Feb 1, 2015 | Resolved |
|
Stage 1 Disinfection Byproducts Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 2015 | Resolved |
|
Stage 1 Disinfection Byproducts Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Dec 1, 2014 | Resolved |
|
Stage 1 Disinfection Byproducts Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Nov 1, 2014 | Resolved |
|
Stage 1 Disinfection Byproducts Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Oct 1, 2014 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Dec 19, 2009 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Nov 15, 2007 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Feb 1, 2006 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
Arkansas regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Houston Waterworks in 2015. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in March 2015.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 2015 | Arkansas | Compliance order (no penalty) | 9 violations (4 health-based): Consumer Confidence Rule, Stage 1 Disinfection Byproducts Rule, Public Notice |
Where the water comes from
Houston Waterworks buys its water from Perryville Waterworks. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. 1 other community water system buys water from Houston Waterworks.
Buys water from
- Perryville Waterworks Perryville, AR
Community systems that buy water from it
- Toad Suck Public Facility BD Bigelow, AR
Annual water quality report
Houston 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.
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