Searcy Waterworks, AR
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2028). 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.
About Searcy Waterworks
Searcy Waterworks serves about 28,196 people through 11,014 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 White County, Arkansas. EPA system ID: AR0000590; phone on file: 501-268-2481. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2025 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Searcy Waterworks is 3 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 1 ppb |
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
| 2019 | 3 ppb |
| 2016 | 3 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. Searcy Waterworks's 1 ppb sits at the 55th percentile in Arkansas and the 56th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
12 other systems share White County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Searcy Waterworks. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Sw White County Water Assn | 12,173 | - |
| Beebe Waterworks | 9,490 | 1 ppb |
| North White Co Rural Water Pfb | 5,295 | - |
| Four Mile Hill Public Facilities Board | 4,877 | - |
| Bald Knob Waterworks | 3,305 | - |
| Judsonia Waterworks | 2,956 | - |
| Pangburn Waterworks | 2,936 | - |
| Kensett Waterworks | 1,624 | - |
| Bradford Waterworks | 986 | - |
| Mc Rae Waterworks | 870 | - |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Searcy, 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 Searcy 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. 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.