Banks Waterworks, AR
No lead results on file with EPA
Latest 90th-percentile lead: no result on file. The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. EPA's database has no Lead and Copper Rule results for this system. Without them there is nothing to go on, so a tap test is the only way to know.
About Banks Waterworks
Banks Waterworks serves about 244 people through 110 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Bradley County, Arkansas. EPA system ID: AR0000068; phone on file: 870-820-3954. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Neighbouring systems
6 other systems share Bradley County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Warren Waterworks | 6,001 | 3 ppb |
| Se Bradley Co Water Assn | 2,713 | - |
| Bradley Co Rural Water Association | 1,163 | - |
| Hermitage Waterworks | 830 | - |
| Sw Warren Water Association | 765 | - |
| Corinth Valley Water System | 33 | - |
Next steps for El Dorado, AR
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; El Dorado, 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 Banks 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.