Western Grove Municipal Water, 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.

Western Grove Municipal Water at a glance

Western Grove Municipal Water serves about 930 people through 372 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 surface water, in Boone,Newton,Searcy County, Arkansas. EPA system ID: AR0000400; phone on file: 870-429-6263. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.

What to do in your house

Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Western Grove, 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 Western Grove Municipal Water 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.