Salem Water Users Llc, AR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
Salem Water Users Llc at a glance
Salem Water Users Llc serves about 22,775 people through 9,110 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Saline County, Arkansas. EPA system ID: AR0000492. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2020 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Salem Water Users Llc is 3 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 3 ppb |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
| 2016 | 1 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. Salem Water Users Llc's 1 ppb sits at the 52nd percentile in Arkansas and the 56th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Saline County
9 other systems share Saline County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Salem Water Users Llc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Benton Waterworks | 30,681 | 1 ppb |
| Bryant Waterworks | 19,607 | 1 ppb |
| East End Water | 5,954 | 1.7 ppb |
| Shannon Hills Water Dept | 4,263 | 1 ppb |
| Haskell Water System | 4,000 | 1 ppb |
| Saline Co Ww Ss Pfb | 2,538 | - |
| Central Arkansas Water Paron | 2,025 | 78 ppb |
| Bauxite Water | 705 | - |
| Arkansas Health Center | 700 | - |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Benton, 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 Salem Water Users Llc 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.