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Water hardness in Fayetteville

Find official utility reports, understand hardness, and check the water system serving your home in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Utility-reported hardness

Not yet available

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State comparison
At state median
Evidence comparison rank
#1 of 1
Matched utilities
1
Active health records
0

Your tap water

What does the utility report?

Match the utility name to your water bill. These results describe the utility’s water, not a test at your home. A ZIP can include several water systems.

Utility hardness unavailable in this index

Nearby river or groundwater samples cannot tell us the hardness coming out of your tap. Ask your water provider for total hardness as CaCO₃, or test it at home.

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Your utility’s measurements and compliance records

These are possible serving systems. A record for one system does not apply to every home in this ZIP. Confirm your provider before interpreting a measurement or notice. Federal records can lag current utility notices.

EPA snapshot: 2026Q2. Historical window begins Jan 1, 2021.

Fayetteville Waterworks

AR0000569 · Surface water · 116,398 people served system-wide

A municipal system, in-state city, and served county all agree with this Census ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (1)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level
Reported level
0.001 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

7% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025

Violation history (0)

No record returned in this imported window. This is not a guarantee of tap-water safety.

City summary

What the indexed records say

Fayetteville has 3 published ZIP profiles across Washington County. The regional-evidence median is 79 PPM. Its comparison-eligible median is 79 PPM versus 79 PPM statewide.

Among the 1 Arkansascities meeting the comparison standard, Fayetteville ranks #1from highest to lowest. Across all 210 state ZIP profiles, available estimates run from 7.8to 489 PPM.

The 74.3–89.3 PPM range shows how much the available ZIP estimates vary within the city label.

Hardness distribution

How local ZIP estimates compare

Soft0 ZIPs
Moderately hard3 ZIPs
Hard0 ZIPs
Very hard0 ZIPs

3 of 3 ZIP profiles have a hardness estimate. Bars count ZIP profiles, not households or laboratory samples.

Evidence quality

Distance, dates, and confidence

Median nearest distance
2.7 miles
Profiles with evidence
3/3

Confidence labels

High: 3Moderate: 0Low: 0

Observation window: Apr 27, 2017 to Dec 5, 2024.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Fayetteville

Open a ZIP for site-level provenance and measurements.

ZIP code

72701

Moderately Hard

78.8 PPM

Nearest site
4.5 mi
Confidence
High

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ZIP code

72703

Moderately Hard

74.3 PPM

Nearest site
2 mi
Confidence
High

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ZIP code

72704

Moderately Hard

89.3 PPM

Nearest site
2.7 mi
Confidence
High

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Practical next steps

Move from index to evidence

  1. 1. Open your ZIP. Check distance, dates, confidence, and the associated utility.
  2. 2. Read the current CCR. Confirm source water, detections, limits, ranges, and notices.
  3. 3. Use a measured hardness result. Confirm health concerns or treatment sizing with the right method.

Questions people ask

About water in Fayetteville

Is the water hard?

Check the utility-reported result above when available. Nearby environmental samples cannot establish tap-water hardness. Ask your provider or test your tap.

Is the tap water safe?

Compliance history is utility-wide and cannot guarantee conditions at every tap. Check current notices and test when address-specific evidence is needed.

Do I need treatment?

Choose treatment only after confirming the problem at the property. A softener targets hardness; contaminant treatment requires a matching, verified performance claim.