Cedarville Waterworks Fbcc, AR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). 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.
Who runs the water here
Cedarville Waterworks Fbcc serves about 8,529 people through 3,668 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 surface water, in Crawford County, Arkansas. EPA system ID: AR0000138; phone on file: 479-474-5865. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Cedarville Waterworks Fbcc's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Cedarville Waterworks Fbcc is 4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 ppb |
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
| 2019 | 1 ppb |
| 2016 | 4 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Cedarville Waterworks Fbcc's 3 ppb sits at the 81st percentile in Arkansas and the 83rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Crawford County
13 other systems share Crawford County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Cedarville Waterworks Fbcc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Van Buren Waterworks | 22,725 | 1 ppb |
| Hwy 71 Water District #1 Pwa | 6,275 | 1 ppb |
| Alma Waterworks | 6,123 | 1 ppb |
| Concord Water & Sewer Pfb Of Crawford Co | 3,071 | - |
| Oak Grove Water Association | 2,963 | - |
| Kibler Water System | 1,753 | - |
| Mulberry Waterworks | 1,648 | - |
| Locke-Fern Dollard Rd Ww Pfb | 1,135 | - |
| Mountainburg Water And Sewer | 1,052 | - |
| Dyer Waterworks | 1,028 | - |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cedarville, 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 Cedarville Waterworks Fbcc 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.