Barton Lexa Water Association, AR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.7 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.
Barton Lexa Water Association at a glance
Barton Lexa Water Association serves about 3,565 people through 1,426 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 Phillips County, Arkansas. EPA system ID: AR0000415; phone on file: 870-572-1263. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is up 2.7 ppb from 1 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Barton Lexa Water Association is 4 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 3.7 ppb |
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 4 ppb |
| 2019 | 3 ppb |
| 2016 | 3 ppb |
How Barton Lexa Water Association 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. Barton Lexa Water Association's 3.7 ppb sits at the 81st percentile in Arkansas and the 86th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
7 other systems share Phillips County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Barton Lexa Water Association. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| West Helena Water Works | 5,693 | 5.7 ppb |
| Helena Water Sewer | 2,708 | 9 ppb |
| Marvell Rural Water Assoc | 1,305 | - |
| Elaine Waterworks | 1,233 | - |
| Marvell Waterworks | 1,000 | - |
| Lake View Municipal Water | 665 | - |
| Long Lake Water Association | 188 | - |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Poplar Grove, 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 Barton Lexa Water Association 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.