Is Van Buren Waterworks Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: SWP
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Crawford

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2009-08-01 → 2009-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2009-08-01 → 2009-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2009-08-01 → 2009-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2008-11-01 → 2008-11-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2008-11-01 → 2008-11-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2008-11-01 → 2008-11-30
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1997-07-01 → 1997-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1997-07-01 → 1997-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1997-07-01 → 1997-07-31
MON	Monitoring	Resolved	2020-06-01 → 2020-06-30

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	38.16 µg/L 64% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 47.5 µg/L	104/104	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	20.12 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 22.1 µg/L	103/104	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	13.99 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 14.9 µg/L	102/102	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	67.84 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 79.3 µg/L	102/102	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	83.75 µg/L 105% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 91.3 µg/L	102/102	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	19.635 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 23.3 µg/L	100/104	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	5.1 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.9 µg/L	82/102	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	1.72 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.9 µg/L	25/104	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0010 mg/L 6.7% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	15/15	LCR	2025
Copper	72.74 µg/L 5.6% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 89.7 µg/L	9/90	SYR4	2013–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	2.565 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.6 µg/L	8/104	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	2.4 µg/L No EPA limit set	7/104	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	1.18 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.2 µg/L	5/102	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	19.165 µg/L 128% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 22 µg/L	4/90	SYR4	2013–2019

30 contaminants tested, none detected

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Utility contact

Contact: DUFRESNE, STEVE
Phone: 479-474-5068
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Van Buren Waterworks

Is Van Buren Waterworks tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 14 contaminants in Van Buren Waterworks's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Van Buren Waterworks's water?

EPA monitoring detected Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Dichloroacetic Acid, Bromodichloromethane, Chloroform, TTHM, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Van Buren Waterworks serve?

Van Buren Waterworks reports serving 22,725 people in Arkansas, per its EPA record.

Has Van Buren Waterworks had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 29 violations on file for Van Buren Waterworks, of which 9 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.