BENTON, Ark. — Members of the Lynwood community in Benton have shared that last week, many of them received water testing kits on their doorsteps.

"When I got it off the door, I just kind of looked at it and read over it, and my first thought was, maybe this is from the utility company, you know," said Lindsey Nistric, who is a member of the Lynwood community.

Nistric said that she didn't think much of it until afterwards, when she saw a post on social media from Benton Utilities.

In the post, the company stated that the water kits were not theirs.

"We thought it would be best to go ahead and reach out and do a social media post letting our customers know that this is not something that is being administered by the city of Benton or Benton Utilities," said Tod Pedersen, the general m

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