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Morrison Bluff Water System

Serves an area of Logan County, AR that includes Morrison Bluff · 312 people served

Federal records show 3 health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Morrison Bluff Water System in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Surface Water Treatment Rule violation.

  • AR0000709
  • SCRANTON
  • AR
  • 312 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 72863
EPA system ID AR0000709

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
3
Resolved
2
Unresolved
0
Archived by EPA
1
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
1

Key facts

  • Morrison Bluff Water System buys its water from Scranton Waterworks.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), 63 µg/L, federal limit 60 µg/L (1.1 times the limit), 2018.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Arkansas, November 2018.
  • Record on file since 1993, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 76 unknown out of 76 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
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Oct 1, 2018 Resolved No
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Sep 1, 2018 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 63 µg/L, federal limit 60 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2018 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No

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
 Aug 1, 2024 Resolved

Full record since 1993

EPA's records for Morrison Bluff Water System go back to 1993. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 5 monitoring or reporting violations.

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

Enforcement actions

Arkansas regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Morrison Bluff Water System in 2018. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in November 2018.

Date By Action Violations covered
Nov 27, 2018 Arkansas Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations (2 health-based): Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Surface Water Treatment Rule

What the violations mean

Surface Water Treatment Rule

2 incidents

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that the Surface Water Treatment Rule requires (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about each of these violations.

Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

1 incident

Haloacetic acid byproducts exceeded the federal limit

Long-term exposure to HAAs may increase cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Morrison Bluff Water System buys its water from Scranton Waterworks. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Morrison Bluff 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 500 or fewer people may meet the rule by telling customers the report is available on request, so you may need to ask Morrison Bluff Water System for a copy.

Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search

Testing your own water

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