Palestine 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.
Palestine Water Association at a glance
Palestine Water Association serves about 1,649 people through 673 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 St. Francis County, Arkansas. EPA system ID: AR0000536; phone on file: 870-581-2585. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Neighbouring systems
8 other systems share St. Francis County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Forrest City Waterworks | 9,986 | 1 ppb |
| Hughes Community Water Assoc | 2,195 | - |
| Caldwell Water | 1,585 | - |
| St Francis Rural Water Assoc | 1,103 | - |
| Colt Water Association | 997 | - |
| Hughes Waterworks | 987 | - |
| Wheatley Waterworks | 573 | - |
| Widener Waterworks | 507 | - |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Palestine, 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 Palestine 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.