Harrison Waterworks, AR
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2024). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Harrison Waterworks at a glance
Harrison Waterworks serves about 17,455 people through 7,184 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Boone County, Arkansas. EPA system ID: AR0000062; phone on file: 870-741-6382. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Harrison Waterworks's lead record
That is up 2 ppb from 3 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Harrison Waterworks is 49 ppb across 13 monitoring periods, 8 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 ppb |
| 2023 | 3 ppb |
| 2022 | 3 ppb |
| 2021 | 6 ppb |
| 2020 | 12 ppb over 10 |
| 2020 | 18 ppb over 15 |
| 2019 | 25 ppb over 15 |
| 2019 | 40 ppb over 15 |
| 2018 | 49 ppb over 15 |
| 2018 | 47 ppb over 15 |
| 2017 | 40 ppb over 15 |
| 2017 | 47 ppb over 15 |
| 2016 | 29 ppb over 15 |
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. Harrison Waterworks's 5 ppb sits at the 85th percentile in Arkansas and the 91st nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Boone County
7 other systems share Boone County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Harrison Waterworks. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Bergman Waterworks | 3,285 | - |
| Diamond City Water | 1,290 | - |
| Omaha Waterworks | 1,188 | - |
| Cottonwood Water Association | 820 | 26 ppb |
| Alpena Waterworks | 568 | - |
| Lead Hill Waterworks | 550 | - |
| Bellefonte Water | 503 | - |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Harrison, 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 Harrison 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.