Hot Spring Co Water Assoc, 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.
About Hot Spring Co Water Assoc
Hot Spring Co Water Assoc serves about 3,528 people through 1,400 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Hot Spring County, Arkansas. EPA system ID: AR0000236; phone on file: 501-384-5540. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Hot Spring Co Water Assoc is 3 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 3 ppb |
| 2016 | 3 ppb |
How Hot Spring Co Water Assoc 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. Hot Spring Co Water Assoc's 1 ppb sits at the 9th percentile in Arkansas and the 54th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Hot Spring County
3 other systems share Hot Spring County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Hot Spring Co Water Assoc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Malvern Waterworks | 14,410 | 1 ppb |
| Kimzey Regional Water District | 12,718 | 1 ppb |
| Magnet-Butterfield Water Authority | 1,950 | - |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Donaldson, 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 Hot Spring Co Water Assoc 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.