North Crossett Utilities, AR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3 ppb (monitoring period 2014-2016). 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.
North Crossett Utilities at a glance
North Crossett Utilities serves about 3,222 people through 1,314 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Ashley County, Arkansas. EPA system ID: AR0000022; phone on file: 870-364-2188. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for North Crossett Utilities is 3 ppb across 1 monitoring period, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 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. North Crossett Utilities's 3 ppb sits at the 78th percentile in Arkansas and the 82nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
8 other systems share Ashley County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than North Crossett Utilities. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Crossett Water Commission | 7,900 | 1 ppb |
| Hamburg Waterworks | 5,600 | 7 ppb |
| Fountain Hill Waterworks | 1,028 | - |
| West Ashley County Water Assn | 683 | - |
| Portland Waterworks | 625 | - |
| Montrose Boydell Water System | 473 | - |
| Wilmot Waterworks | 416 | - |
| Parkdale Waterworks | 377 | - |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Crossett, 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 North Crossett Utilities 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.