Bull Shoals Water System, 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.
Bull Shoals Water System at a glance
Bull Shoals Water System serves about 2,835 people through 1,134 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 surface water, in Marion County, Arkansas. EPA system ID: AR0000352; phone on file: 870-445-4788. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Neighbouring systems
7 other systems share Marion County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Flippin Waterworks | 3,870 | 2 ppb |
| Yellville Waterworks | 2,598 | - |
| Summit Waterworks | 675 | - |
| Pyatt Waterworks | 488 | - |
| Baxter Marion Regional Water Association | 465 | - |
| Lake Bull Shoals Estates Water | 60 | - |
| Marion County Reg Water Dist | - | - |
Next steps for Bull Shoals, AR
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bull Shoals, 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 Bull Shoals 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.