Stephens Waterworks, 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.
Stephens Waterworks at a glance
Stephens Waterworks serves about 1,100 people through 528 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 Ouachita County, Arkansas. EPA system ID: AR0000405; phone on file: 870-786-5393. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share Ouachita County. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Camden Waterworks | 13,275 | 1 ppb |
| Bearden Waterworks | 2,511 | 18 ppb |
| Harmony Grove Water Assoc | 2,192 | - |
| Hwy 4 24 Water Association | 2,135 | - |
| Frenchport Water Association | 1,793 | - |
| Wire Road Water System | 830 | - |
| Buena Vista-Ogemaw Water Association | 384 | - |
| Chidester Water Works | 336 | - |
| Louann Waterworks | 170 | - |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Stephens, 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 Stephens 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. 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.