Is Texarkana Water Utilities Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Surface water
Ownership: Local government
Counties served: Miller

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	2016-01-01 → 2016-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2016-01-01 → 2016-03-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2015-10-01 → 2015-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2015-10-01 → 2015-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2015-10-01 → 2015-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2015-10-01 → 2015-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2015-10-01 → 2015-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2015-07-01 → 2015-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2015-07-01 → 2015-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2015-07-01 → 2015-09-30

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
Bromodichloromethane	15.775 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 21.8 µg/L	136/136	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	81.15 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 109 µg/L	136/136	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	87.96 µg/L 110% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 109 µg/L	128/128	SYR4	2012–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	38.78 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 55.8 µg/L	123/124	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	58.91 µg/L 98% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 80.5 µg/L	123/124	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	20.4 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 28.4 µg/L	121/124	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	7.5 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 10.7 µg/L	104/142	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	5.64 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 10.5 µg/L	39/124	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	2.43 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3 µg/L	38/124	SYR4	2012–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	6.25 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 12.9 µg/L	31/124	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0010 mg/L 6.7% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	17/17	LCR	2025
Copper	57.4 µg/L 4.4% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 64 µg/L	7/60	SYR4	2014–2017
Nitrate-Nitrite	470 µg/L 4.7% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L worst single sample: 520 µg/L	6/11	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	3.29 µg/L 22% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 3.5 µg/L	4/70	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromoform	0.9795 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1 µg/L	2/136	SYR4	2012–2019
Nitrate	100 µg/L 1% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	2/2	SYR4	2018
2,4-D	0.2900 µg/L 0.4% of the EPA limit 70 µg/L	1/9	SYR4	2012–2019
Chromium	0.2000 µg/L 0.2% of the EPA limit 100 µg/L	1/16	SYR4	2012–2019
Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate	2.23 µg/L 37% of the EPA limit 6 µg/L	1/14	SYR4	2012–2019
Gross Beta Particle Activity	3.4 pCi/L No EPA limit set	1/10	SYR4	2012–2019
Picloram	0.2400 µg/L 0% of the EPA limit 500 µg/L	1/9	SYR4	2012–2019

89 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS2,4,5-TP4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalArsenicAtrazineBhc-GammaBariumBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneChloriteDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDinosebDiquatEthylene DibromideEndothallEndrinEthylbenzeneFluorideGlyphosateHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaNitriteOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneLithiumO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: ATKINSON, COREY
Phone: 903-798-3800
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Texarkana Water Utilities

Is Texarkana Water Utilities tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 21 contaminants in Texarkana Water Utilities'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 Texarkana Water Utilities's water?

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

How many people does Texarkana Water Utilities serve?

Texarkana Water Utilities reports serving 50,815 people in Arkansas, per its EPA record.

Has Texarkana Water Utilities had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 29 violations on file for Texarkana Water Utilities, of which 27 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.