Public water system · AR0000471
ActiveLiberty - Woodson / Hensley Wat
At a glance
Liberty - Woodson / Hensley Wat (PWSID AR0000471) is an active community water system serving Pulaski and Saline counties, Arkansas. It reports serving 1,000 people through 473 service connections. Its primary water source is groundwater, and EPA lists it as owned by a local government. EPA's records list 2 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2018.
Dataset updated . Source: EPA SDWIS/ECHO public records.
Population served
1,000
Service connections
473
Primary source
GW
Groundwater
System type
CWS
Community water system
System record
How does Liberty - Woodson / Hensley Wat compare with other water systems in Arkansas?
By EPA's size categories, Liberty - Woodson / Hensley Wat is a small system (501 to 3,300 people). Across Arkansas, the 853 active systems average 3,592 people each. Nationally, the average active community water system reports serving 6,703 people, so Liberty - Woodson / Hensley Wat is well below that figure.
What does “community water system” mean?
A community water system serves at least 15 connections used by year-round residents, or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents. Homes, apartments and mobile-home parks are served by these. Arkansas has 660 active community water systems, 77% of the state's 853 active systems. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers. 461 Arkansas systems (54%) list groundwater as their primary source.
Who owns and regulates Liberty - Woodson / Hensley Wat?
EPA lists Liberty - Woodson / Hensley Wat as owned by a local government. 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.
Does Liberty - Woodson / Hensley Wat have drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 2 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2018. The violations listed here began between November 1996 and July 2018. By type: 1 public notice, recordkeeping or other and 1 monitoring and reporting. The contaminants or rules involved are Consumer Confidence Rule and Total coliform bacteria (TCR). EPA lists 1 as resolved and 1 as archived. 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.
| Began | Violation | Contaminant or rule | Health-based | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-07-01 | Public notice, recordkeeping or otherConsumer Confidence Report Complete Failure to Report · code 71 | Consumer Confidence Rulecode 7000 | No | Resolved |
| 1996-11-01 | Monitoring and reportingMonitoring, Routine Minor (TCR) · code 24 | Total coliform bacteria (TCR)code 3100 | No | Archived |
All 2 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.
Liberty - Woodson / Hensley Wat: frequently asked questions
Who runs Liberty - Woodson / Hensley Wat?
Liberty - Woodson / Hensley Wat (PWSID AR0000471) is a community water system owned by a local government. It is regulated by the AR state drinking water program.
How many people does Liberty - Woodson / Hensley Wat serve?
Liberty - Woodson / Hensley Wat reports serving 1,000 people through 473 service connections in Pulaski and Saline counties, Arkansas.
Where does Liberty - Woodson / Hensley Wat get its water?
EPA SDWIS lists this system's primary water source as groundwater. Groundwater means the system draws its water from wells or springs fed by underground aquifers.
Does Liberty - Woodson / Hensley Wat have any drinking water violations?
EPA's records list 2 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2018. 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 Liberty - Woodson / Hensley Wat'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. EPA's records list 2 violations for this system; none is health-based, and the most recent began in July 2018. For current results, consult the system's annual water quality report, EPA ECHO, or the AR state drinking water program.
Where can I find Liberty - Woodson / Hensley Wat's water quality report?
As a community water system, Liberty - Woodson / Hensley Wat must deliver an annual water quality report, called a Consumer Confidence Report, to its customers by July 1 each year, covering the previous calendar year. The system can provide a copy on request.
Other water systems in Pulaski County(the first county EPA lists for this system)
| Water system | County | Population served | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Arkansas Water | Pulaski | 368,455 | Community | Surface water |
| Jacksonville Waterworks | Pulaski | 32,875 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| Cabot Waterworks | Pulaski + 1 more | 30,063 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| Mid-Arkansas Utilities P.W.A | Pulaski + 1 more | 11,148 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| Us Air Force Base Little Rock | Pulaski | 8,618 | Community | Purchased surface water |
| Perryville Waterworks | Pulaski + 1 more | 5,550 | 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, “Liberty - Woodson / Hensley Wat, PWSID AR0000471, Arkansas”, https://aquacensus.com/water-systems/arkansas/liberty-woodson-hensley-wat-ar0000471 (data as of October 1, 2026).