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Beaverfork PWA

Serves an area of Faulkner County, AR · 4,220 people served

Federal records show 4 health-based violations and 2 monitoring/reporting issues for Beaverfork PWA in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) violation that EPA lists as archived, not resolved.

  • AR0000844
  • CONWAY
  • AR
  • 4,220 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 72032
EPA system ID AR0000844

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
4
Resolved
2
Unresolved
0
Archived by EPA
2
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
2

Key facts

  • Beaverfork PWA buys its water from Community Water System.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), 84 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.1 times the limit), 2023.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Arkansas, November 2023.
  • Record on file since 1998, with 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 510 unknown out of 1,714 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 82 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2023 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 84 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2023 Archived
Violation period ended. EPA no longer counts it toward current compliance, but no fix was formally recorded.
 No
Stage 1 Disinfection Byproducts Rule
Treatment technique failure
 210 Oct 1, 2020 Resolved No
Stage 1 Disinfection Byproducts Rule
Treatment technique failure
 210 Sep 1, 2020 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

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

Issue Start date Status
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Aug 1, 2021 Resolved
Revised Total Coliform Rule
RPT
 Dec 1, 2017 Resolved

Full record since 1998

EPA's records for Beaverfork PWA go back to 1998. Before October 19, 2016 they list 9 health-based violations (9 resolved) and 3 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 1 0
2000s 5 2
2010 to October 18, 2016 3 1
October 19, 2016 to 2019 0 1
2020s 4 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began January 2012, Resolved.

Show all 9 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 82 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Jan 1, 2012 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 64 µg/L, federal limit 60 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2010 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 75 µg/L, federal limit 60 µg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2010 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 68 µg/L, federal limit 60 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2009 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 2009 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 2008 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 2008 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 2007 Resolved
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Dec 31, 1998 Resolved

Enforcement actions

Arkansas regulators took 2 formal enforcement actions against Beaverfork PWA between 2021 and 2023. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in November 2023.

Date By Action Violations covered
Nov 14, 2023 Arkansas Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations (2 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Jan 4, 2021 Arkansas Compliance order (no penalty) 2 violations (2 health-based): Stage 1 Disinfection Byproducts Rule

What the violations mean

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

2 incidents

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Stage 1 Disinfection Byproducts Rule

2 incidents

The system did not meet a treatment requirement of the Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule

Byproducts form when disinfectants react with natural material in water. Long-term exposure above federal limits may increase cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Beaverfork PWA buys its water from Community Water System. It lists no wells or intakes of its own.

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Annual water quality report

Beaverfork PWA 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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Testing your own water

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