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Cove Waterworks

Serves an area of Polk County, AR that includes Cove · 651 people served

Federal records show 8 health-based violations and no monitoring/reporting issues for Cove Waterworks in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) violation.

  • AR0000439
  • COVE
  • AR
  • 651 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 71937
EPA system ID AR0000439

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
8
Resolved
8
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
0

Key facts

  • Cove Waterworks buys its water from Gillham Regional Water Dist.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), 93 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.2 times the limit), 2023.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: administrative penalty by Arkansas, August 2023.
  • Record on file since 1994, with 1 health-based violation before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 271 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.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 93 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2023 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 85 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Jan 1, 2023 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 85 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2022 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 87 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 84 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 84 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2019 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 83 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2019 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 83 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Jan 1, 2019 Resolved No

Full record since 1994

EPA's records for Cove Waterworks go back to 1994. Before October 19, 2016 they list 1 health-based violation (1 resolved) and 2 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 2
2000s 1 0
October 19, 2016 to 2019 5 0
2020s 3 0

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began December 2007, Resolved.

Show the health-based violation before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Dec 1, 2007 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Arkansas regulators took 4 formal enforcement actions against Cove Waterworks between 2019 and 2023. The most recent was an administrative penalty in August 2023.

Date By Action Violations covered
Aug 15, 2023 Arkansas Administrative penalty 3 violations (3 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
May 26, 2023 Arkansas Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations (2 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Nov 12, 2019 Arkansas Administrative penalty 5 violations (5 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Aug 19, 2019 Arkansas Compliance order (no penalty) 3 violations (3 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

What the violations mean

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

8 incidents

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Cove Waterworks buys its water from Gillham Regional Water Dist. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Cove 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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