Harrison Waterworks

Water Quality Snapshot: Harrison Waterworks

Harrison Waterworks is a local-owned community water system that delivers drinking water to 17,455 residents in Harrison, Arkansas (Boone County) through 7,184 service connections. Its water is drawn from surface water sources. EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System records 22 total violations for this system , of which 20 (91%) are health-based, meaning a contaminant exceeded an EPA Maximum Contaminant Level or a required treatment technique failed. A further 2 monitoring and reporting violations are on file. The most recent violation on record dates to 2020.

The most frequently cited contaminant at this system is Coliform (TCR), recorded in 20 violations (MCL, health-based). This system was sampled under EPA's UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program and no PFAS compounds were detected above the minimum reporting level.

Across Arkansas, EPA tracks 1,016 public water systems serving 3,049,400 people, with 53,437 cumulative violations and 21,598 health-based violations on record. About 94% of systems in the state carry at least one violation, and state-wide the average per system is 52.6 violations. Statewide, 57 of 172 UCMR5-tested systems have reported PFAS detections (33.1%).

Harrison Waterworks's 22 violations sit below the Arkansas average.

All figures above are sourced directly from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 public data releases and are updated as EPA publishes new reporting cycles.