Cotton Plant Waterworks
EPA ID: AR0000596 · 435 people served · 2 ZIP codes
Cotton Plant Waterworks earns a clean bill from EPA monitoring — no violations in five years across a service area of 435 people.
Data: EPA SDWIS Last verified: 2026-04-02
Service Area Map
Coverage area for Cotton Plant Waterworks Source: EPA SDWIS service area boundaries.
Service area boundary — Grade C
Service Area Demographics
The Cotton Plant Waterworks serves a community with a median household income of $52,063 and an estimated 677 residents across its service area. Approximately 57% of housing stock was built before 1986, which increases the likelihood of lead service lines and older plumbing.
Environmental Justice Note: 100% of the population in this service area is classified as disadvantaged under EPA's EJScreen criteria. Communities with higher disadvantaged populations often face disproportionate environmental and health burdens, including aging water infrastructure and limited resources for remediation.
💧 Where Does Your Water Come From?
Cotton Plant Waterworks's water is pumped from underground aquifers. Groundwater is naturally filtered through rock and soil, but it can be vulnerable to PFAS contamination, nitrates from agriculture, and industrial chemicals that seep into the water table.
About 3% of homes in Van Buren County, Arkansas rely on private wells rather than public water systems. Private well owners are responsible for their own water testing and treatment.
Infrastructure Risk
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Estimated Remediation Costs
Average estimated costs across ZIP codes served by this system
Based on national averages for common remediation projects. Actual costs vary by property. Only issues flagged by EPA, FEMA, or state data for each ZIP code are included.
System Overview
Cotton Plant Waterworks (EPA ID: AR0000596) is a community water system in Arkansas that serves approximately 435 people from groundwater sources.
This system provides water to 2 ZIP codes across 2 communities.
Average Home Safety Score: C (66/100)
Based on water quality violations, lead levels, and radon risk across all ZIP codes served by this system.
Violation History
Lead & Copper
No Lead and Copper Rule sampling data available for this water system.
Radon Risk in Service Area
Dominant radon zone for ZIP codes served by this system: Zone 3 (Low Risk)
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ZIP Codes Served
Data Sources
This report uses public data from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS). View the full compliance record for Cotton Plant Waterworks (AR0000596) on EPA.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Cotton Plant Waterworks water safe to drink?
Based on EPA records, Cotton Plant Waterworks has no recorded violations in the past 5 years — a positive indicator of water quality management.
How many people does Cotton Plant Waterworks serve?
Cotton Plant Waterworks serves approximately 435 people across 2 ZIP codes in Arkansas.
Where does Cotton Plant Waterworks get its water?
The primary water source is groundwater.
Contact Your Water Utility
Public-record contact information for the water utility serving this system. Use these channels to request water quality reports, ask about service, or report issues directly.
Contact information from Cotton Plant Water Department Consumer Confidence Report.
ZipCheckup is not affiliated with this water utility, does not act as its agent, and does not provide customer support for it. Contact details shown are public-record information from CCR filings. For service issues, contact the utility directly using the information above.
Water Source & Treatment
Where this water originates and how it's treated before reaching your tap.
Source: Cotton Plant Water Department Consumer Confidence Report.
ZipCheckup is not affiliated with this water utility. Treatment and source data are sourced from the utility's published CCR filings.
The Arkansas Department of Health has completed a Source Water Vulnerability Assessment for Cotton Plant Water Department. The assessment summarizes the potential for contamination of our sources of drinking water and can be used as a basis for developing a source water protection plan. Based on the various criteria of the assessment, our water sources have been determined to have a medium susceptibility to contamination.
Treatment regime
How this utility classifies its treatment process and what each reported treatment chemical does.
Treatment chemicals and what each one does
Chemical names are reported verbatim by the utility. Purpose categories are ZipCheckup annotations based on standard drinking-water treatment practice.
Watershed exposure sources reported
Land-use and natural conditions identified in the utility's source-water assessment as potential contamination sources upstream of treatment.
Treatment classification and chemical list sourced from Cotton Plant Water Department Consumer Confidence Report.
Treatment intensity is a ZipCheckup-derived classification based on the chemicals and processes the utility reports. Chemicals and contamination sources are taken verbatim from the utility's CCR filing. Routine federal monitoring and contaminant testing shown elsewhere on this page determine whether the water meets safety standards, not the treatment classification.
Notable events and violations
This section summarizes events the utility chose to disclose in its most recent Consumer Confidence Report, plus any federal compliance violations the utility recorded against itself. Both lists are utility-authored — ZipCheckup does not audit, judge, or reorder them.
Federal compliance violations on record
These entries are taken verbatim from the utility's CCR violations section. EPA defines four broad violation categories: Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL), Treatment Technique (TT), Monitoring & Reporting (M&R), and Public Notification (PN).
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monitoring2025-03-01 to 2025-07-31
Failed to monitor and/or report sample results, as specified in the Revised Total Coliform Rule
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monitoring2025-09-01 to 2025-12-31
Failed to monitor and/or report sample results, as specified in the Revised Total Coliform Rule
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monitoring2025-02-01 to 2025-02-28
Failed to collect a Ground Water Rule trigger sample within 24-hrs
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monitoring2025-04-01 to 2025-04-30
Failed to perform bacteriological resampling within 24 hours of bottle receipt
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monitoring2025-07-01 to 2025-11-19
Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) - Failure to adequately distribute annual water quality report to customers
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public notice2025-03-01 to ongoing
Failed to conduct a public notice regarding a Revised Total Coliform Rule monitoring violation within the mandated timeframe
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public notice2025-04-1 to ongoing
Failed to conduct a public notice regarding a Revised Total Coliform Rule monitoring violation within the mandated timeframe
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public notice2025-11-01 to ongoing
Failed to conduct a public notice regarding a Groundwater Rule Treatment Technique violation within the mandated timeframe
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public notice2025-12-01 to ongoing
Failed to conduct a public notice regarding a Groundwater Rule Treatment Technique violation within the mandated timeframe
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reporting · Lead and Copper2025-06-01 to ongoing
Follow-up & Routine Tap Sampling – Failed to submit the appropriate number of lead & copper tap samples to the ADH
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monitoring2025-04-01 to 2025-04-30
Failed to conduct monitoring of source water in drinking water production
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monitoring2025-11-01 to 2025-11-30
Failed to conduct monitoring of source water in drinking water production
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treatment technique2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31
Failure to address a Significant Deficiency as specified by the Ground Water Rule
Violations record from Cotton Plant Water Department Consumer Confidence Report.
Notable events from the utility's CCR
These bullet entries are the utility's own narration of operational, regulatory, or infrastructure events during the reporting period.
- Bacteriological monitoring violations with corrective actions taken
- Ground water rule trigger sampling missed
- Low disinfectant residual corrective action pending
- Water tanks inspection not yet completed, management issues noted
- Systems management reported to lack budget/security measures
ZipCheckup note: items above reflect what the utility published in its most recent CCR. Federal violation records are also tracked separately by the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) — the SDWIS record is the authoritative federal source for any specific regulatory action.
Frequently Asked Questions
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