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Benton Municipal Waterworks modernization

Saline County

Benton planned a city water system in 1914 and built it in 1915 and 1916. In 1937 the Hazel Street water plant got a new filtering plant and a reservoir with twice the old capacity, one of the upgrades of the Public Works Administration era.

Kind of place
Water, dams and utilities
Built by
Public Works Administration (PWA)
When
About 1937
Where
Saline County
Still there?
Not confirmed lately

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Sources

Part of Rediscovering Arkansas’s New Deal, a public map of 1930s New Deal work across all 75 counties. Updated 2026-10-14.