Is LINCOLN WATERWORKS's water safe to drink?
LINCOLN WATERWORKS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 6,690 people get their water from it, across 2,676 connections.
LINCOLN WATERWORKS's record against the rest of the country
20 total violations and 5 health-based ones put LINCOLN WATERWORKS at the 72th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 3,595 of 12,903.
How LINCOLN WATERWORKS compares within AR
LINCOLN WATERWORKS's 5 health-based violations sit within the AR average of 7.1, across 243 systems statewide. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for LINCOLN WATERWORKS is from 2023-01-11 (health-based: 2016-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 05/12/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
LINCOLN WATERWORKS's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
This is what LINCOLN WATERWORKS reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 20 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.