Atkins Water System, AR
Above the federal action level
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 36 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. In the most recent monitoring period, more than 10% of the sampled homes measured above 15 ppb. Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead for drinking and cooking now, and test your own tap.
About Atkins Water System
Atkins Water System serves about 4,439 people through 1,916 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 surface water, in Pope County, Arkansas. EPA system ID: AR0000441; phone on file: 479-968-2782. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Atkins Water System's lead record
That is up 32 ppb from 4 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Atkins Water System is 36 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 36 ppb over 15 |
| 2025 | 4 ppb |
| 2022 | 12 ppb over 10 |
| 2019 | 3 ppb |
| 2016 | 9 ppb |
How Atkins Water System compares
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. Atkins Water System's 36 ppb sits at the 97th percentile in Arkansas and the 100th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Pope County
5 other systems share Pope County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Atkins Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Corporation | 29,260 | 1 ppb |
| Tri-County Water Distbr Dist | 16,084 | 7 ppb |
| Pottsville Water Association | 4,045 | 3 ppb |
| Dover Waterworks | 1,797 | - |
| London Waterworks | 1,443 | - |
Next steps for Atkins, AR
Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead on the tap you drink and cook from, now, before you test. Then test your own tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Atkins Water System 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.