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Central City Water Department

Serves Central City, Sebastian County, AR · 1,227 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Central City Water Department in the last ten years.

  • AR0000503
  • CENTRAL CITY
  • AR
  • 1,227 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 72941
EPA system ID AR0000503

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
1

Key facts

  • Central City Water Department buys its water from Barling Waterworks.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by EPA, March 1994.
  • Record on file since 1992, with 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 500 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.

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Revised Total Coliform Rule
Monitoring violation
 Nov 1, 2020 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.

Full record since 1992

EPA's records for Central City Water Department go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list 6 health-based violations (1 resolved, 5 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 6 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 5 3
2000s 0 1
2010 to October 18, 2016 1 2
2020s 0 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began November 2014, Resolved.

Show all 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Nov 1, 2014 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Dec 1, 1996 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jun 1, 1993 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 May 1, 1993 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 1992 Archived
Total Coliform (acute)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jun 1, 1992 Archived

Enforcement actions

Arkansas regulators and EPA took 1 formal enforcement action against Central City Water Department and issued 2 boil water orders between 1992 and 1994. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in March 1994.

Date By Action Violations covered
Mar 3, 1994 EPA Compliance order (no penalty) 6 violations (4 health-based): Total Coliform
Jun 7, 1993 Arkansas Boil water order 1 violation
Jun 30, 1992 Arkansas Boil water order 1 violation

Where the water comes from

Central City Water Department buys its water from Barling Waterworks. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Central City Water Department 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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