Helena Water Sewer
702 Cherry Street, Helena, AR 72342 · Phillips County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 1.1 MGD
- Design flow
- —
- NPDES permit
- ARL043389
- Effective
- Permit expires
- December 2030
- Population served
- 5,567
- CWNS 2022
Helena Water Sewer is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Helena, Phillips County, Arkansas treating an average of 1.1 million gallons per day, serving about 5,567 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit ARL043389 (effective), which expires in December 2030, with 23 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 4 formal enforcement actions naming the plant, the latest in September 2023.
Treatment technology
Treatment structures and unit processes at Helena Water Sewer.
Treatment structure data not yet analyzed for this facility.
Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 23
- Effluent violations
- 11
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 Helena Water Sewer in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 4
- 2 since FY2020
- Penalties assessed
- $12,000
- all cases
- Compliance actions
- $700
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · Sep 2023
Helen Water Sewer (AR0000419)
Administrative order · SDWA, National Drinking Water Regulations · Final Order No Penalty · Compliance actions $300
EPA's description of the case:
“Failed to submit certification that the water system conducted a Risk and Resilience Assessment by June 30, 2021, and failed to submit certification that it submitted an Emergency Response Plan by…”
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Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 06-2022-1319.
1 informal enforcement action (notices of violation and similar).
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Every action against Helena Water Sewer with dates, milestones, violation types and EPA's complete case summaries, plus inspections and informal actions.
Key contacts
Decision-makers at Helena Water Sewer.
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Helena Water Sewer: 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 December 23, 2024.
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