Okolona Waterworks, 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.
Who runs the water here
Okolona Waterworks serves about 562 people through 241 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 groundwater, in Clark County, Arkansas. EPA system ID: AR0000089; phone on file: 870-274-3610. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Neighbouring systems
8 other systems share Clark County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Arkadelphia Waterworks | 11,855 | 1 ppb |
| Gurdon Waterworks | 2,988 | 11.2 ppb |
| Clark County Country Water Facilities | 2,590 | - |
| River Valley Water Assn | 1,207 | - |
| Alpine Water Association | 750 | - |
| Caddo Valley Waterworks | 595 | - |
| Whelen Springs Water Dept | 559 | - |
| Amity Waterworks | 506 | - |
Next steps for Okolona, AR
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Okolona, 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 Okolona 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.