Long Lake Water Association, AR
No lead results on file with EPA
Latest 90th-percentile lead: no result on file. The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. EPA's database has no Lead and Copper Rule results for this system. Without them there is nothing to go on, so a tap test is the only way to know.
Long Lake Water Association at a glance
Long Lake Water Association serves about 188 people through 102 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Phillips County, Arkansas. EPA system ID: AR0000274. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Neighbouring systems
7 other systems share Phillips County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| West Helena Water Works | 5,693 | 5.7 ppb |
| Barton Lexa Water Association | 3,565 | 3.7 ppb |
| Helena Water Sewer | 2,708 | 9 ppb |
| Marvell Rural Water Assoc | 1,305 | - |
| Elaine Waterworks | 1,233 | - |
| Marvell Waterworks | 1,000 | - |
| Lake View Municipal Water | 665 | - |
Next steps for Helena, AR
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Helena, 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 Long Lake Water Association 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.