Ashdown Waterworks, AR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.2 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2028). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Ashdown Waterworks at a glance
Ashdown Waterworks serves about 4,261 people through 2,028 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Little River County, Arkansas. EPA system ID: AR0000320; phone on file: 870-898-3512. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Ashdown Waterworks's lead record
That is up 1.2 ppb from 1 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ashdown Waterworks is 4 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 2.2 ppb |
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 3 ppb |
| 2016 | 4 ppb |
Where this result ranks
Of the 190 Arkansas systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1 ppb; 15 are over 15 ppb right now and 19 have gone over at some point. Ashdown Waterworks's 2.2 ppb sits at the 75th percentile in Arkansas and the 75th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
7 other systems share Little River County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ashdown Waterworks. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Little River Co Rda | 5,268 | 1 ppb |
| Foreman Waterworks | 1,011 | - |
| Millwood Water Corporation | 545 | - |
| Ogden Waterworks | 495 | - |
| Wilton Waterworks | 354 | - |
| Winthrop Water Association | 338 | - |
| Little River Country Club | 120 | - |
Next steps for Ashdown, AR
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ashdown, AR may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Ashdown Waterworks whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.