Cotter Waterworks, 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 Cotter Waterworks
Cotter Waterworks serves about 1,233 people through 506 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 groundwater, in Baxter County, Arkansas. EPA system ID: AR0000028; phone on file: 479-435-6325. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Nearby utilities
15 other systems share Baxter County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain Home Waterworks | 19,618 | 2 ppb |
| North East Public Water Auth | 4,665 | 2 ppb |
| Lakeview-Midway Public Water Authority | 4,344 | 4 ppb |
| Gassville Waterworks | 2,058 | - |
| Brunner Hill Public Water Authority | 1,325 | - |
| Norfork Waterworks | 1,003 | - |
| Salesville Community Water Association | 715 | - |
| Big Flat Waterworks | 523 | - |
| Briarcliff Waterworks | 338 | - |
| Edgewood Bay Water | 308 | - |
Next steps for Cotter, AR
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Cotter, 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 Cotter Waterworks 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.