New Hope 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.
About New Hope Water Association
New Hope Water Association serves about 1,136 people through 487 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Union County, Arkansas. EPA system ID: AR0000683; phone on file: 870-918-2246. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Other water systems in Union County
23 other systems share Union County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| El Dorado Waterworks | 17,932 | 2 ppb |
| Smackover Waterworks | 2,821 | - |
| Parkers Chapel Public Water | 2,391 | - |
| Wildwood Water Association | 1,350 | - |
| Faircrest Water Association | 1,329 | - |
| Old Union Public Water Authority | 1,200 | - |
| Strong Waterworks | 1,131 | - |
| Norphlet Waterworks | 1,112 | - |
| Lawson-Urbana Water Assoc | 1,108 | - |
| Marysville Water Association | 867 | - |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Junction City, 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 New Hope 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.