Wooster 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.
Who runs the water here
Wooster Waterworks serves about 5,000 people through 1,933 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Faulkner County, Arkansas. EPA system ID: AR0000196; phone on file: 501-679-2048. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Wooster Waterworks's lead record
That is down 4 ppb from 5 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Wooster Waterworks is 5 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2028 | 1 ppb |
| 2025 | 5 ppb |
| 2022 | 3 ppb |
| 2019 | 3 ppb |
| 2016 | 4 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. Wooster Waterworks's 1 ppb sits at the 21st percentile in Arkansas and the 55th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
6 other systems share Faulkner County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Wooster Waterworks. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Conway Water System | 65,233 | 1 ppb |
| Vilonia Waterworks | 24,690 | 2.5 ppb |
| Greenbrier Waterworks | 12,938 | 2 ppb |
| Mayflower Waterworks | 7,390 | 1 ppb |
| Beaverfork Pwa | 4,220 | 1 ppb |
| Guy Waterworks | 2,438 | - |
Next steps for Wooster, AR
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Wooster, 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 Wooster 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.