East End Water, AR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.7 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2028). 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.
East End Water at a glance
East End Water serves about 5,954 people through 2,417 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 Saline County, Arkansas. EPA system ID: AR0000646; phone on file: 501-951-1926. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
East End Water's lead record
Against the period ending 2025 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for East End Water is 3 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 3 ppb |
| 2016 | 3 ppb |
Against other Arkansas systems
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. East End Water's 1.7 ppb sits at the 66th percentile in Arkansas and the 66th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Saline County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than East End Water. 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 |
| Shannon Hills Water Dept | 4,263 | 1 ppb |
| Haskell Water System | 4,000 | 1 ppb |
| Saline Co Ww Ss Pfb | 2,538 | - |
| Central Arkansas Water Paron | 2,025 | 78 ppb |
| Bauxite Water | 705 | - |
| Arkansas Health Center | 700 | - |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Little Rock, 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 East End Water 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.