Cottonshed 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 Cottonshed Waterworks
Cottonshed Waterworks serves about 62 people through 13 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Howard County, Arkansas. EPA system ID: AR0000620; phone on file: 870-772-5662. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Other water systems in Howard County
6 other systems share Howard County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Nashville Rural Water Authority | 7,291 | 1 ppb |
| Nashville Waterworks | 4,153 | 1 ppb |
| Mineral Springs Waterworks | 1,364 | - |
| Dierks Water Works | 1,317 | - |
| North Howard Rural Water Association | 710 | 17 ppb |
| Tollette Water | 346 | - |
Next steps for Texarkana, AR
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Texarkana, 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 Cottonshed 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.