Parthenon 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 Parthenon Water Association
Parthenon Water Association serves about 408 people through 163 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 surface water, in Newton County, Arkansas. EPA system ID: AR0000736; phone on file: 870-577-6723. 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 Newton County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| East Newton County Water Assn | 1,920 | - |
| Compton Waterworks | 1,038 | - |
| Nail-Swain Water Association | 970 | - |
| Deer Water Association | 938 | - |
| Mt Sherman Water Association | 903 | - |
| Mockingbird Hill Water Assoc | 875 | - |
| Jasper Waterworks | 580 | 23 ppb |
| Basin Valley Water System | 513 | - |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Deer, 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 Parthenon 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.