Jacksonville Waterworks, AR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.2 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.
About Jacksonville Waterworks
Jacksonville Waterworks serves about 32,875 people through 11,969 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 Pulaski County, Arkansas. EPA system ID: AR0000466; phone on file: 501-982-1088. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2025 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Jacksonville Waterworks is 3 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 3 ppb |
| 2016 | 3 ppb |
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. Jacksonville Waterworks's 1.2 ppb sits at the 63rd percentile in Arkansas and the 59th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
4 other systems share Pulaski County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Jacksonville Waterworks. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Central Arkansas Water | 368,455 | 1 ppb |
| Us Air Force Base Little Rock | 8,618 | 1 ppb |
| Maumelle Water Corporation | 2,832 | - |
| Camp Robinson | 1,500 | - |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Jacksonville, 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 Jacksonville 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.