Hope Water Light Comm, AR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 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.
Who runs the water here
Hope Water Light Comm serves about 11,500 people through 4,346 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 Hempstead County, Arkansas. EPA system ID: AR0000230; phone on file: 870-777-3000. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Hope Water Light Comm'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 Hope Water Light Comm is 3 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 1 ppb |
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 3 ppb |
| 2016 | 3 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. Hope Water Light Comm's 1 ppb sits at the 42nd percentile in Arkansas and the 55th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
7 other systems share Hempstead County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hope Water Light Comm. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Southwest Arkansas Water System | 2,335 | - |
| Ozan Creek Water System | 787 | - |
| Ozan Waterworks | 425 | - |
| Blevins Waterworks | 383 | - |
| Fulton Waterworks | 379 | - |
| Perrytown Waterworks | 160 | - |
| Washington Water System | 142 | - |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Hope, 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 Hope Water Light Comm 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.