Is Fayetteville Waterworks Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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	Archived	1999-06-01 → 1999-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1999-06-01 → 1999-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1997-07-01 → 1997-07-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	1997-07-01 → 1997-07-31
Other	Monitoring	Archived	1997-07-01 → 1997-07-31

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
Dichloroacetic Acid	27.23 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 34.8 µg/L	228/228	SYR4	2012–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	46.465 µg/L 77% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 58.6 µg/L	228/228	SYR4	2012–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	15.255 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 50 µg/L	228/228	SYR4	2012–2019
Bromodichloromethane	10.005 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 11.6 µg/L	220/220	SYR4	2012–2019
Chloroform	65.815 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 80.6 µg/L	220/220	SYR4	2012–2019
TTHM	75.715 µg/L 95% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 91.5 µg/L	220/220	SYR4	2012–2019
Dibromochloromethane	2.9 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.2 µg/L	176/220	SYR4	2012–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	4.7 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 5.3 µg/L	110/228	SYR4	2012–2019
Copper	74.38 µg/L 5.7% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 76 µg/L	19/60	SYR4	2014–2017
Dibromoacetic Acid	1.12 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.2 µg/L	17/228	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0010 mg/L 6.7% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	14/14	LCR	2025
Monobromoacetic Acid	1.6 µg/L No EPA limit set	9/228	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	23.265 µg/L 155% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 24.9 µg/L	4/60	SYR4	2014–2017

31 contaminants tested, none detected

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Utility contact

Contact: NYANDER, TIM
Phone: 479-575-8386
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Fayetteville Waterworks

Is Fayetteville Waterworks tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 13 contaminants in Fayetteville 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 Fayetteville Waterworks's water?

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

How many people does Fayetteville Waterworks serve?

Fayetteville Waterworks reports serving 116,398 people in Arkansas, per its EPA record.

Has Fayetteville Waterworks had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 5 violations on file for Fayetteville Waterworks, of which 4 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.