What's in CENTRAL ARKANSAS WATER PARON's water?
CENTRAL ARKANSAS WATER PARON has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 2,025 people through 864 service connections.
Ranked against every other system in this dataset
49 total violations and 33 health-based ones put CENTRAL ARKANSAS WATER PARON at the 96th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 501 of 12,903.
How CENTRAL ARKANSAS WATER PARON compares within AR
AR's 243 covered systems average 7.1 health-based violations each; CENTRAL ARKANSAS WATER PARON carries 33, more than typical for the state. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for CENTRAL ARKANSAS WATER PARON is from 2018-01-02 (health-based: 2017-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 05/12/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CENTRAL ARKANSAS WATER PARON'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); Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
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 this data is and is not
This is what CENTRAL ARKANSAS WATER PARON 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. This record - 33 health-based violations on file for CENTRAL ARKANSAS WATER PARON - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.