Plumbing in Arkansas fails in damp, hidden places. Pier-and-beam houses sweat on supply lines all summer, then freeze at the hose bib on the one hard week. Slab houses hide a leak until the floor feels warm or the meter spins while every tap is shut. Cast iron in older baths scales and splits. A humid crawl space turns a small drip into rotten sill plates.
Lead with water in the wrong place, a drain that stopped, or hot water that quit. Say whether you can shut the house off, and whether you already did. A ceiling drip can be a supply line, a drain from the bath above, or the roof. Those are different calls that look the same in a bucket. If the water heater is in a closet or under the floor, say that. If it is leaking onto wood, say that before you describe the age.
Delta ground and hill ground do not treat drains the same way. Flat lots with old clay sewer lines root up and hold water. Hill lots with long runs to the street can hide a belly in the yard. If more than one fixture is slow, say so. If only the kitchen is slow, say that too. A single gurgle in a powder room is not a reason to tear up a yard, and a sewage smell at the cleanout is not a reason to wait.
Storm weeks add a mean trick. Power blips reset ignition on gas water heaters. Heavy rain finds a window well or a low cleanout and people think the supply burst. Tell the timeline. Did the water show up with the rain, with a shower, or with nobody home. That one detail sorts the trade from a roof leak. Know which wall the main shutoff is on before you need it in a panic, and say if that valve itself weeps.
The humidity will keep condensing on cold pipes and feeding rot wherever a joint has been seeping. Call with the town and the symptom in one plain sentence: leak, clog, or water heater, plus whether the water is still running. If you can see the source, describe it. If you cannot, say what you ruled out. Call the number on this page.