News and notices

News July 28, 2021

Electricity Update - July 28, 2021

Electricity is delivered to our city via Entergy Arkansas' transmission lines. Entergy has identified a transmission system pole that is in emergency...

Notice July 15, 2021

Fire Dept. Testing Fire Hydrants

Benton Fire Dept. is currently in the process of doing their bi-annual fire hydrant testing to make sure the hydrants are fully operational in the...

Notice February 26, 2021

2/26 12:16 p.m. - Boil Order Lifted

Boil order update-The boil order advisory has officially been lifted by the Arkansas Department of Health, for the cities of Benton and Bauxite...

News February 25, 2021

2/25 09:30a.m. water update

2/25 09:30a.m. water update - At this time, we are please to announce the lifting of the conservation request. It will continue to help us if we...

News February 24, 2021

2/24 10:00a.m. water update

Great news this morning! Due to your continued help, we are now able to begin phasing out of the conservation status. The conservation status still...

News February 23, 2021

2/23/21 - 12:30 p.m. Water Conservation Update

"We want to thank everyone for conserving water during the current situation. The latest reports from the City of Benton, City of Haskell and...

News February 22, 2021

2/22/21 10 AM - Water Update

Our water plant continues to run at 100%. Throughout the night, we progressed with filling our system and were able to get some water into a few of...

Notice February 19, 2021

Boil Order issued - All Benton Utilities Customers 2/18/21 - 11:53 p.m.

Loss of system pressure has resulted in the boil order being issued for all Benton Utilities customers. The crews have worked are continuing to work...

Notice February 18, 2021

Vehicle Versus Fire Hydrant - Water outage update

2/18/21, 11:39 a.m. - Customers should start noticing pressure returning to normal over the next hour or so. It is just going to take a while to...

Notice February 18, 2021

Boil Order issued

02/18/21 2:14 p.m. Precautionary Boil Water Notice Issued: Due to an automobile accident involving a fire hydrant, and the resulting reduction and...

Projects February 4, 2021

Benton Utilities Water Main and Service Line Upgrades

Over the next 6 to 8 weeks, the Benton Utilities Water Distribution Department crews will be working in the area of North Lakeview, Donald Circle and...

Projects September 2, 2020

Water Infrastructure Improvements

Benton Utilities advertised and accepted bids this summer for water system improvements. We plan to budget approx. $500,000 per year for water...