Parkin Rural Public 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.

Parkin Rural Public Water Authority at a glance

Parkin Rural Public Water Authority serves about 323 people through 129 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Cross County, Arkansas. EPA system ID: AR0000662; phone on file: 870-755-2301. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.

Neighbouring systems

4 other systems share Cross County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.

What to do in your house

Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Earle, 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 Parkin Rural Public 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.