Is Oden-Pencil Bluff Water Assn Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

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

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.

734

health-based violations

840

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2025-10-01 → 2025-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2025-10-01 → 2025-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2025-07-01 → 2025-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2025-07-01 → 2025-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2025-07-01 → 2025-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2023-04-01 → 2023-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2023-04-01 → 2023-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2023-04-01 → 2023-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2023-04-01 → 2023-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2023-04-01 → 2023-06-30

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
Bromodichloromethane	26.82 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 27.3 µg/L	39/39	SYR4	2014–2019
Chloroform	98.55 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 120 µg/L	39/39	SYR4	2014–2019
TTHM	116.5 µg/L 146% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 133 µg/L	39/39	SYR4	2014–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	25.62 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 26.8 µg/L	38/41	SYR4	2014–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	48.74 µg/L 81% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 60.5 µg/L	38/41	SYR4	2014–2019
Dibromochloromethane	13.35 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 13.6 µg/L	36/39	SYR4	2014–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	21.83 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 30.7 µg/L	27/41	SYR4	2014–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	3.19 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.3 µg/L	12/41	SYR4	2014–2019
Copper	639.15 µg/L 49% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 690 µg/L	10/15	SYR4	2012–2018
Bromoform	1.925 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.1 µg/L	8/39	SYR4	2014–2019
Lead	0.0400 mg/L 267% above the EPA limit of 0.0150 mg/L	8/8	LCR	2022
Monochloroacetic Acid	3.86 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.1 µg/L	7/41	SYR4	2014–2019
Lead	23.8 µg/L 159% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 15 µg/L worst single sample: 25 µg/L	4/15	SYR4	2012–2018
Monobromoacetic Acid	4.745 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.9 µg/L	2/41	SYR4	2014–2019

Utility contact

Contact: ODEN-PENCIL BLUFF WATER ASSOCATION
Phone: 870-326-4691
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Oden-Pencil Bluff Water Assn

Is Oden-Pencil Bluff Water Assn tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 14 contaminants in Oden-Pencil Bluff Water Assn'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 Oden-Pencil Bluff Water Assn'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 Oden-Pencil Bluff Water Assn serve?

Oden-Pencil Bluff Water Assn reports serving 393 people in Arkansas, per its EPA record.

Has Oden-Pencil Bluff Water Assn had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 840 violations on file for Oden-Pencil Bluff Water Assn, of which 734 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.