Central City Water Department, 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.
Who runs the water here
Central City Water Department serves about 1,227 people through 500 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 Sebastian County, Arkansas. EPA system ID: AR0000503; phone on file: 479-452-3027. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Other water systems in Sebastian County
11 other systems share Sebastian County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Fort Smith Water Utilities | 86,209 | 1 ppb |
| Greenwood Waterworks | 9,905 | 1 ppb |
| Barling Waterworks | 5,822 | 1 ppb |
| Lavaca Waterworks | 3,650 | 1 ppb |
| Mansfield Waterworks | 2,367 | - |
| Hackett Waterworks | 1,090 | 15 ppb |
| Huntington Waterworks | 782 | - |
| Hartford Waterworks | 725 | - |
| Bonanza Waterworks | 610 | - |
| Fcmtc Waterworks | 500 | - |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Central City, 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 Central City Water Department 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.