Haskell Water System, 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.
Who runs the water here
Haskell Water System serves about 4,000 people through 1,500 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 surface water, in Saline County, Arkansas. EPA system ID: AR0000488; phone on file: 501-776-2666. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
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 Haskell Water System 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 |
How Haskell Water System 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. Haskell Water System's 1 ppb sits at the 13th percentile in Arkansas and the 54th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Saline County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Haskell Water System. 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 |
| East End Water | 5,954 | 1.7 ppb |
| Shannon Hills Water Dept | 4,263 | 1 ppb |
| Saline Co Ww Ss Pfb | 2,538 | - |
| Central Arkansas Water Paron | 2,025 | 78 ppb |
| Bauxite Water | 705 | - |
| Arkansas Health Center | 700 | - |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Haskell, 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 Haskell Water System 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.