Central Arkansas Water Paron, AR
Above the federal action level
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 78 ppb (monitoring period 2020-2020). 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 Central Arkansas Water Paron
Central Arkansas Water Paron serves about 2,025 people through 864 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 Saline County, Arkansas. EPA system ID: AR0000883; phone on file: 501-223-1579. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Central Arkansas Water Paron's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Central Arkansas Water Paron is 78 ppb across 1 monitoring period, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 78 ppb over 15 |
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. Central Arkansas Water Paron's 78 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in Arkansas and the 100th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Saline County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Central Arkansas Water Paron. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Benton Waterworks | 30,681 | 1 ppb |
| Salem Water Users Llc | 22,775 | 1 ppb |
| Bryant Waterworks | 19,607 | 1 ppb |
| East End Water | 5,954 | 1.7 ppb |
| Shannon Hills Water Dept | 4,263 | 1 ppb |
| Haskell Water System | 4,000 | 1 ppb |
| Saline Co Ww Ss Pfb | 2,538 | - |
| Bauxite Water | 705 | - |
| Arkansas Health Center | 700 | - |
Next steps for Little Rock, AR
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 Central Arkansas Water Paron 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.