Carthage Water And Sewer, 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 Carthage Water And Sewer
Carthage Water And Sewer serves about 345 people through 107 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 Dallas County, Arkansas. EPA system ID: AR0000165; phone on file: 870-254-2463. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Nearby utilities
4 other systems share Dallas County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Fordyce Water Co | 3,191 | 1 ppb |
| Sparkman Waterworks | 1,325 | - |
| Fordyce Rural Water Assoc | 1,274 | - |
| Tulip-Princeton Water Assn | 1,083 | - |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Fordyce, 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 Carthage Water And Sewer 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.