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Culligan of Northwest Arkansas

At a glance

Culligan of Northwest Arkansas (PWSID ARN000136) is an active transient non-community water system in Benton 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. EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2021.

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

PWSIDARN000136

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—

CountyBenton County

How does Culligan of Northwest Arkansas compare with other water systems in Benton County?

By EPA's size categories, Culligan of Northwest Arkansas is a very small system (500 people or fewer). Benton County has 35 active public water systems. Its population served is well below the county average of 7,915 people per system, and accounts for less than 0.1% of the 277,037 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 Culligan of Northwest Arkansas 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 Culligan of Northwest Arkansas?

EPA lists Culligan of Northwest Arkansas 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. 8 of the 35 active systems in Benton County (23%) are also privately owned.

Does Culligan of Northwest Arkansas have drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2021. The violations listed here began between January 1999 and October 2021. By type: 6 monitoring and reporting, 2 public notice, recordkeeping or other and 1 contaminant level above the legal limit. The contaminant or rule involved most often is Total coliform bacteria (TCR) (5 of them). EPA lists 5 as resolved, 3 as archived and 1 as unaddressed. Resolved means at least one resolving action is on record: the system returned to compliance, the rule no longer applies, or no further action was needed. 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. Unaddressed means the violation is not resolved or archived and is not yet covered by formal enforcement.

Began	Violation	Contaminant or rule	Health-based	Status
2021-10-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherPublic Notification Violation for NPDWR Violation · code 75	Public Noticecode 7500	No	Unaddressed
2020-08-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter) · code 36	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	No	Resolved
2020-08-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Turbidity (Enhanced SWTR) · code 38	Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0300	No	Resolved
2009-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Repeat Minor (TCR) · code 26	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2006-07-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) · code 25	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Resolved
2004-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring of Treatment (SWTR-Filter) · code 36	Surface Water Treatment Rulecode 0200	No	Resolved
1999-07-01	Contaminant level above the legal limitMaximum Contaminant Level Violation, Monthly (TCR) · code 22	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	Yes	Archived
1999-01-01	Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Major (TCR) · code 23	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived
1999-01-01	Public notice, recordkeeping or otherNotification, Public · code 06	Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100	No	Archived

All 9 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.

Culligan of Northwest Arkansas: frequently asked questions

Who runs Culligan of Northwest Arkansas?

Culligan of Northwest Arkansas (PWSID ARN000136) is a transient non-community water system privately owned. It is regulated by the AR state drinking water program.

How many people does Culligan of Northwest Arkansas serve?

Culligan of Northwest Arkansas reports serving 25 people through 1 service connection in Benton County, Arkansas.

Where does Culligan of Northwest Arkansas 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 Culligan of Northwest Arkansas have any drinking water violations?

EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2021. 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 Culligan of Northwest Arkansas' 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. EPA's records list 9 violations for this system; 1 is health-based, and the most recent began in October 2021. For current results, consult EPA ECHO, or the AR state drinking water program.

Where can I find Culligan of Northwest Arkansas' water quality report?

The annual Consumer Confidence Report requirement applies to community water systems. Culligan of Northwest Arkansas 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 Benton County

Water system	County	Population served	Type	Source
Rogers Water Utilities	Benton	81,443	Community	Purchased surface water
Bentonville Water Utilities	Benton	51,250	Community	Purchased surface water
Bella Vista Poa	Benton	39,419	Community	Purchased surface water
Centerton Waterworks	Benton	27,243	Community	Purchased surface water
Siloam Springs Waterworks	Benton	21,430	Community	Surface water
Pea Ridge Waterworks	Benton	12,795	Community	Purchased 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, “Culligan of Northwest Arkansas, PWSID ARN000136, Arkansas”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/arkansas/culligan-of-northwest-arkansas-arn000136 (data as of October 1, 2026).