Crowleys Ridge Water Assoc, AR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
About Crowleys Ridge Water Assoc
Crowleys Ridge Water Assoc serves about 3,873 people through 1,539 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 groundwater, in Poinsett County, Arkansas. EPA system ID: AR0000180; phone on file: 870-578-5632. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Crowleys Ridge Water Assoc is 1 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 1 ppb |
| 2016 | 1 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. Crowleys Ridge Water Assoc's 1 ppb sits at the 12th percentile in Arkansas and the 54th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
8 other systems share Poinsett County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Crowleys Ridge Water Assoc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Trumann Waterworks | 10,000 | 1.5 ppb |
| Harrisburg Waterworks | 2,824 | - |
| Marked Tree Waterworks | 2,610 | - |
| Lepanto Waterworks | 2,231 | - |
| Weiner Waterworks | 1,163 | - |
| Tyronza Waterworks | 926 | - |
| Northern Ohio Water Assoc | 720 | - |
| Heafer-Black Oak Water Assoc | 436 | - |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Harrisburg, 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 Crowleys Ridge Water Assoc 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.