Benton WWTP
614 W Hazel, Benton, AR 72015 · Saline County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 4.49 MGD
- Design flow
- 8.3 MGD
- NPDES permit
- AR0036498
- Administratively continued
- Permit expires
- March 2026
- Population served
- 35,011
- CWNS 2022
Benton WWTP is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Benton, Saline County, Arkansas treating an average of 4.49 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 8.3 MGD, serving about 35,011 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit AR0036498 (administratively continued), which expires in March 2026, with 4 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 1 formal enforcement action naming the plant, the latest in July 2023.
Treatment technology
2 treatment structures and unit processes identified at Benton WWTP.
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Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 4
- Effluent violations
- 4
Based on NPDES Discharge Monitoring Reports. Full violation history, parameters and discharge data available in the Klarifi platform.
EPA enforcement history
Federal civil enforcement cases, compliance inspections and informal actions recorded for Benton WWTP in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 1
- 1 since FY2020
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · Jul 2023
Benton Utilities WWTP
Administrative order · CWA, NPDES Permit Violations · Final Order No Penalty
EPA's description of the case:
“Failure to initiate a Toxicity Reduction Evaluation (TRE)”
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 06-2023-1764.
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Every action against Benton WWTP with dates, milestones, violation types and EPA's complete case summaries, plus inspections and informal actions.
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Benton WWTP: frequently asked questions
Sources and methodology
Flow, permit and violation figures come from the EPA's ICIS-NPDES discharge monitoring records. Population served comes from the Clean Watersheds Needs Survey 2022. Treatment structures are identified by Klarifi's review of aerial imagery, and capital improvement projects are extracted from published municipal budget documents. Violations are counted over the last three years of monitoring reports.
Data refreshed October 26, 2026; facility record last updated August 3, 2026.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Activated sludge · Oxidation ditch · all terms