Public water system · AR0001155

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Blue Bell Cafe

At a glance

Blue Bell Cafe (PWSID AR0001155) is an active transient non-community water system in Montgomery County, Arkansas. It reports serving 25 people through 1 service connection. Its primary water source is purchased surface water, and EPA lists it as privately owned. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025.

Dataset updated October 2026 . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.

Population served

Service connections

Primary source

SWP

Purchased surface water

System type

TNCWS

Transient non-community water system

System record

PWSIDAR0001155

System typeTransient non-community water system

Activity statusActive

Population served25

Service connections1

Primary water sourcePurchased surface water

Owner typePrivate

Primacy agencyAR state drinking water program

City served—

StateArkansas

ZIP—

CountyMontgomery County

How does Blue Bell Cafe compare with other water systems in Montgomery County?

By EPA's size categories, Blue Bell Cafe is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Montgomery County has 12 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 422 people per system, and accounts for 0.5% of the 5,061 people reported by systems filed under the county. Across Arkansas, the 853 active systems average 3,592 people each. Nationally, the average active transient non-community water system reports serving 144 people, so Blue Bell Cafe is well below that figure.

What does “transient non-community water system” mean?

A transient non-community water system serves places where people do not stay long, such as gas stations and campgrounds, and regularly serves at least 25 people a day for at least 60 days a year. Arkansas has 164 active transient non-community water systems, 19% of the state's 853 active systems. Purchased surface water means the system buys surface water from another public water system rather than drawing its own. 237 Arkansas systems (28%) list purchased surface water as their primary source.

Who owns and regulates Blue Bell Cafe?

EPA lists Blue Bell Cafe as privately owned. The AR state drinking water program is its primacy agency, the regulator with primary enforcement responsibility for the system under the Safe Drinking Water Act. 6 of the 12 active systems in Montgomery County (50%) are also privately owned.

Does Blue Bell Cafe have drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025. The violations listed here began between June 2024 and October 2025. By type: 7 monitoring and 5 public notice, recordkeeping or other. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Revised Total Coliform Rule (7 of them). EPA lists 7 as archived and 5 as addressed. Archived means the violation was not marked resolved but is more than five years past the end of the noncompliance period, so it no longer counts toward current compliance status. Addressed means the violation is not resolved or archived and is covered by formal enforcement.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2025-10-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2025-09-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2025-09-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Addressed
2025-08-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2025-07-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Addressed
2025-06-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2025-05-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Addressed
2025-05-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2025-01-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Addressed
2024-11-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2024-07-01	MonitoringMonitoring, Routine (RTCR) · code 3A	Revised Total Coliform Rulecode 8000	No	Archived
2024-06-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Addressed

The 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, newest first.Labels and codes come from EPA's SDWIS reference tables. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found. "Health-based" marks violations of a legal limit or required treatment.

Blue Bell Cafe: frequently asked questions

Who runs Blue Bell Cafe?

Blue Bell Cafe (PWSID AR0001155) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the AR state drinking water program.

How many people does Blue Bell Cafe serve?

Blue Bell Cafe reports serving 25 people through 1 service connection in Montgomery County, Arkansas.

Where does Blue Bell Cafe get its water?

EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as purchased surface water. Purchased surface water means the system buys surface water from another public water system rather than drawing its own.

Does Blue Bell Cafe have any drinking water violations?

Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025. A monitoring or reporting violation means a required test or report was missed or late; it does not by itself mean a contaminant was found.

Is Blue Bell Cafe's water safe to drink?

AquaCensus shows EPA compliance records, not current water test results, so it cannot say whether the water is safe at a given moment. Of the 12 most recent violations in EPA's records, none is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2025. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the AR state drinking water program.

Where can I find Blue Bell Cafe's water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Blue Bell Cafe is a transient non-community water system, so it is not required to publish one; like every public water system, it must notify the people it serves about violations under EPA's public notification rules.

Other water systems in Montgomery County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Mount Ida Waterworks	Montgomery	3,218	Community	Purchased surface water
Norman Waterworks	Montgomery	750	Community	Purchased surface water
Oden-Pencil Bluff Water Assn	Montgomery	393	Community	Purchased surface water
Little Fir Landing	Montgomery	250	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Usfs Albert Pike Rec Area	Montgomery	200	Transient non-community	Groundwater
Uscoe Oc - Little Fir	Montgomery	100	Transient non-community	Surface water

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About this data

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) and SDWA violation records, via EPA ECHO, as published October 1, 2026 — AquaCensus refreshes it quarterly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: AquaCensus, “Blue Bell Cafe, PWSID AR0001155, Arkansas”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/arkansas/blue-bell-cafe-ar0001155 (data as of October 1, 2026).