Hackett Waterworks, AR
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 15 ppb (monitoring period 2017-2019). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Who runs the water here
Hackett Waterworks serves about 1,090 people through 438 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: AR0000505. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Hackett Waterworks's lead record
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hackett Waterworks is 15 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 15 ppb over 10 |
How Hackett Waterworks compares
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. Hackett Waterworks's 15 ppb sits at the 92nd percentile in Arkansas and the 99th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Sebastian County
11 other systems share Sebastian County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hackett Waterworks. 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 | - |
| Central City Water Department | 1,227 | - |
| 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; Hackett, 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 Hackett 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.