Is Buena Vista-Ogemaw Water Association Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: SWP
Ownership: Private
Counties served: Ouachita

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

124

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2024-10-01 → 2024-12-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2024-07-01 → 2024-09-30
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
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2015-07-01 → 2015-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2015-07-01 → 2015-09-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2015-04-01 → 2015-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2015-04-01 → 2015-06-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2015-04-01 → 2015-06-30

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	15.265 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 17.9 µg/L	50/50	SYR4	2013–2019
Chloroform	81.83 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 88.4 µg/L	50/50	SYR4	2013–2019
TTHM	98.825 µg/L 124% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 80 µg/L worst single sample: 106 µg/L	50/50	SYR4	2013–2019
Dibromochloromethane	3.8 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4 µg/L	46/50	SYR4	2013–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	29.34 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 47.3 µg/L	44/48	SYR4	2013–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	71.995 µg/L 120% of the EPA limit, at the 95th percentile of samples — 60 µg/L worst single sample: 110 µg/L	44/48	SYR4	2013–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	43.25 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 59.4 µg/L	38/48	SYR4	2013–2019
Monochloroacetic Acid	4.315 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.9 µg/L	14/48	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	0.0020 mg/L 13% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	9/9	LCR	2004
Dibromoacetic Acid	1.375 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 1.4 µg/L	6/48	SYR4	2013–2019
Copper	342 µg/L 26% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L worst single sample: 350 µg/L	5/20	SYR4	2013–2019
Lead	7.925 µg/L 53% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 8 µg/L	2/20	SYR4	2013–2019
Monobromoacetic Acid	1.2 µg/L No EPA limit set	1/48	SYR4	2013–2019

1 contaminants tested, none detected

Bromoform

Utility contact

Contact: AMERSON, JEREMY
Phone: 870-807-1436
Email: [email protected]

Frequently asked questions about Buena Vista-Ogemaw Water Association

Is Buena Vista-Ogemaw Water Association tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 13 contaminants in Buena Vista-Ogemaw Water Association'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 Buena Vista-Ogemaw Water Association's water?

EPA monitoring detected Bromodichloromethane, Chloroform, TTHM, Dibromochloromethane, Dichloroacetic Acid, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Buena Vista-Ogemaw Water Association serve?

Buena Vista-Ogemaw Water Association reports serving 384 people in Arkansas, per its EPA record.

Has Buena Vista-Ogemaw Water Association had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 124 violations on file for Buena Vista-Ogemaw Water Association, of which 99 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.