- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 1.
- Lithium: found in 4 of 8 samples, average 18.3 µg/L, highest 42.2 µg/L (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Feb 2025–Nov 2025)
- Lead, 90th percentile: 1 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2026–Dec 31, 2028). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
Public EPA test results
Can you drink Hope tap water? What EPA records show
EPA AR0000230 · serves Hempstead County, AR · about 11,500 people (EPA SDWIS)
This report shows EPA's federal records for this water system: UCMR 5 testing, lead testing and violations. It isn't a test of the water at your tap, and it has no Water Score.
Public EPA test results
Hope Water Light Comm (EPA AR0000230)
EPA data as of October 14, 2026. For Hope's main utility, Hope Water Light Comm: We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (AR0000230) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026. PFOA and PFOS were not detected at or above EPA's reporting level in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
What EPA records show for Hope Water Light Comm, as of October 14, 2026
We found no health-based violations in EPA's records for this system (AR0000230) since July 1, 2021, as of October 14, 2026.
Source: EPA ECHO record for Hope Water Light Comm (SDWIS). Data as of October 14, 2026.
Lead, 90th percentile: 1 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2026–Dec 31, 2028). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 1.
PFOA and PFOS were not detected at or above EPA's reporting level in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
Source: EPA records (SDWIS, UCMR 5). SDWIS: data as of Oct 14, 2026. EPA UCMR 5 data, samples through June 2026.
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Does Hope Water Light Comm use chloramine?
We didn't find chloramine in Hope Water Light Comm's EPA treatment records. That's not a complete list; your utility's annual water quality report says which disinfectant it uses.