Jasper Waterworks, AR
Above the federal action level
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 23 ppb (monitoring period 2016-2016). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. In the most recent monitoring period, more than 10% of the sampled homes measured above 15 ppb. Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead for drinking and cooking now, and test your own tap.
Jasper Waterworks at a glance
Jasper Waterworks serves about 580 people through 232 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Newton County, Arkansas. EPA system ID: AR0000397; phone on file: 870-446-7991. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Jasper Waterworks is 23 ppb across 1 monitoring period, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 23 ppb over 15 |
How Jasper Waterworks 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. Jasper Waterworks's 23 ppb sits at the 95th percentile in Arkansas and the 99th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Newton County
8 other systems share Newton County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Jasper Waterworks. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| East Newton County Water Assn | 1,920 | - |
| Compton Waterworks | 1,038 | - |
| Nail-Swain Water Association | 970 | - |
| Deer Water Association | 938 | - |
| Mt Sherman Water Association | 903 | - |
| Mockingbird Hill Water Assoc | 875 | - |
| Basin Valley Water System | 513 | - |
| Parthenon Water Association | 408 | - |
What to do in your house
Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead on the tap you drink and cook from, now, before you test. Then test your own tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Jasper 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.