West Helena Water Utilities
SW/City Off Old Little Rock Rd, West Helena, AR 72390 · Phillips County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 1.15 MGD
- Design flow
- —
- NPDES permit
- ARL022021
- Effective
- Permit expires
- December 2030
- Population served
- 5,766
- CWNS 2022
West Helena Water Utilities is a publicly owned wastewater treatment plant in West Helena, Phillips County, Arkansas treating an average of 1.15 million gallons per day, serving about 5,766 residents. It discharges under NPDES permit ARL022021 (effective), which expires in December 2030, with 43 recorded violations in the last three years. EPA has recorded 1 formal enforcement action naming the plant, the latest in April 2017.
Treatment technology
Treatment structures and unit processes at West Helena Water Utilities.
Treatment structure data not yet analyzed for this facility.
Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 43
- Effluent violations
- 17
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 West Helena Water Utilities in EPA's ICIS system.
- Formal actions
- 1
- 0 since FY2020
- Compliance actions
- $200
- required by EPA orders
- EPA inspections
- 0
- none on record
Latest case · Apr 2017
West Helena Water Utilities
Administrative order · CWA, Sewage Sludge Disposal · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication · Compliance actions $200
EPA's description of the case:
“VIOLATION: Administrative Order issued for failure to submit Annual Sludge Discharge Monitoring Report for calendar year 2014. Relief Sought: Submit Annual Sludge Discharge Monitoring Reports.”
Source: EPA ECHO, civil enforcement case 06-2015-1771.
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Every action against West Helena Water Utilities with dates, milestones, violation types and EPA's complete case summaries, plus inspections and informal actions.
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West Helena Water Utilities: 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.
Wastewater terms: POTW · MGD · NPDES permit · Inflow and infiltration · Biosolids · Filter press · all terms