Magnet-Butterfield Water Authority, 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.
About Magnet-Butterfield Water Authority
Magnet-Butterfield Water Authority serves about 1,950 people through 811 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Hot Spring County, Arkansas. EPA system ID: AR0000241; phone on file: 501-337-9524. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Nearby utilities
3 other systems share Hot Spring County. 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 |
| Hot Spring Co Water Assoc | 3,528 | 1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Malvern, 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 Magnet-Butterfield Water Authority 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.