Bearden Waterworks, AR
Above the federal action level
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 18 ppb (monitoring period 2014-2016). 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 Bearden Waterworks
Bearden Waterworks serves about 2,511 people through 839 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Ouachita County, Arkansas. EPA system ID: AR0000401; phone on file: 870-687-2532. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bearden Waterworks is 18 ppb across 1 monitoring period, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 18 ppb over 15 |
How Bearden Waterworks 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. Bearden Waterworks's 18 ppb sits at the 94th percentile in Arkansas and the 99th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
9 other systems share Ouachita County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bearden Waterworks. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Camden Waterworks | 13,275 | 1 ppb |
| Harmony Grove Water Assoc | 2,192 | - |
| Hwy 4 24 Water Association | 2,135 | - |
| Frenchport Water Association | 1,793 | - |
| Stephens Waterworks | 1,100 | - |
| Wire Road Water System | 830 | - |
| Buena Vista-Ogemaw Water Association | 384 | - |
| Chidester Water Works | 336 | - |
| Louann Waterworks | 170 | - |
Your move
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 Bearden 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.