Is Walnut Ridge, AR tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 2 utilities serving Walnut Ridge have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s records: Walnut Ridge Waterworks and Lawrence Co Reg Water Dist.
Walnut Ridge Waterworks, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the legal limit and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 50 ppb, above the legal limit.
A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Walnut Ridge’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Walnut Ridge Waterworks
Arkansas · serves 5,823 people · about 350 in Walnut Ridge
1 result above the legal limit and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 50 ppb, above the legal limit.
1 health-based violation since 2016
- Open report
Lawrence Co Reg Water Dist
Arkansas · serves 7,469 people · under 100 in Walnut Ridge
2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 17.3 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
1 health-based violation since 2016
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Walnut Ridge Waterworks’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Brita Tahoe Pitcher with Elite Filter (OB60, OB06)
Pitcher
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 13, 2026
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 53checked Oct. 13, 2026
Certified for: Lead
Brita Everyday Pitcher with Elite Filter (OB46, OB06)
Pitcher
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 13, 2026
Certified for: Lead
PUR PLUS 11-Cup Pitcher (PPT111W)
Pitcher
- NSF listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: Lead
Water testing near Walnut Ridge
TapBuff hasn’t read Arkansas’s list of certified labs yet. The national page links every state’s own list.
Certified labs, state by stateZIP codes in Walnut Ridge
Which ZIP codes are in Walnut Ridge: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology.
Near Walnut Ridge
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Walnut Ridge Waterworks’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About Haloacetic acids (HAA5)What it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water