BENTON COUNTY WATER DISTRICT #1: EPA violation history, explained
BENTON COUNTY WATER DISTRICT #1 has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 6,730 people through 2,702 service connections.
How this compares nationally
6 total violations and 2 health-based ones put BENTON COUNTY WATER DISTRICT #1 at the 47th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 6,782 of 12,903.
Against the AR average
AR's 243 covered systems average 7.1 health-based violations each; BENTON COUNTY WATER DISTRICT #1 carries 2, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
BENTON COUNTY WATER DISTRICT #1's most recent violation on record is dated 2016-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2016-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 05/12/2026.
The concern categories on record
BENTON COUNTY WATER DISTRICT #1's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What BENTON COUNTY WATER DISTRICT #1's record does not cover
This is what BENTON COUNTY WATER DISTRICT #1 reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Between the utility's meter and BENTON COUNTY WATER DISTRICT #1's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,782th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.