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Lead in Louisiana drinking water

814 community water systems tested

3.4%
of tested systems exceeded the lead action level
(28/814)

Lead is a neurotoxin with no known safe level. It usually enters water from old service lines and household plumbing rather than the source, so results vary system to system. The EPA acts when the 90th-percentile sample exceeds 0.015 mg/L.

Water systems

Lead value per system, LCR compliance samples. EPA action level — 0.015 mg/L at the 90th percentile. Systems that exceeded the lead action level are highlighted and listed first. “Not detected” means the contaminant was measured but not found.
SystemCityPopulationLead (mg/L)
CREEK PLACE APARTMENTS 100 0.0780 mg/L
CAMERON PARISH WW DISTRICT 7 576 0.0506 mg/L
HILLCREST / SNEAD APARTMENTS 60 0.0354 mg/L
ARCHIBALD WATER SYSTEM 4,200 0.0344 mg/L
WEST HWY 80 ARK ROAD WS 14,649 0.0340 mg/L
LAKEVIEW WATER SYSTEM 2,025 0.0320 mg/L
TAYLOR WATER SYSTEM 318 0.0290 mg/L
CAJUN MOBILE HOME PARK WATER SYSTEM 168 0.0270 mg/L
LAFAYETTE MHP LLC 188 0.0258 mg/L
ST TAM PARISH - NORTHLAKE BEHAVIORAL 480 0.0253 mg/L
UTILITIES INC - NORTH FOLSOM HILLS 81 0.0246 mg/L
VERNON PARISH WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION 5,295 0.0243 mg/L
MIDWAY WATER SYSTEM INC 192 0.0241 mg/L
CALCASIEU WW #14 WARD 5 3,150 0.0226 mg/L
TALLULAH WATER SYSTEM 8,601 0.0211 mg/L
LINCOLN PARISH WATERWORKS DISTRICT #1 570 0.0210 mg/L
LASALLE WATERWORKS DISTRICT 1 3,240 0.0204 mg/L
VILLAGE OF FISHER WATER SYSTEM 348 0.0180 mg/L
WOODSIDE MHP 150 0.0180 mg/L
VILLAGE OF CONVERSE WATER SYSTEM 561 0.0179 mg/L
AVOYELLES WARD ONE WATER SYSTEM INC 3,726 0.0169 mg/L
VILLAGE OF MOORINGSPORT WATER SYSTEM 999 0.0168 mg/L
VILLAGE OF BRYCELAND WATER SYSTEM 342 0.0168 mg/L
GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY WS 6,000 0.0160 mg/L
UNION GROVE WATER SYSTEM 456 0.0160 mg/L
PALMETTO WATER WORKS INC 285 0.0159 mg/L
CHEE CHEE BAY WATER SYSTEM 429 0.0157 mg/L
VILLAGE OF FENTON WATER SYSTEM 226 0.0156 mg/L
SANDY LAKE WATER SUPPLY 3,141 0.0150 mg/L
CITY OF MANSFIELD WATER SYSTEM 7,512 0.0148 mg/L
VILLAGE OF SUN WATER SUPPLY 726 0.0146 mg/L
TOWN OF VIVIAN WATER SYSTEM 4,050 0.0146 mg/L
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION 1,330 0.0145 mg/L
EASTERN LOUISIANA MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEMS 1,600 0.0143 mg/L
ST TAM PARISH - LAKE HILLS VILLAGE 88 0.0142 mg/L
BROUILLETTE WATER SYSTEM INC 3,732 0.0140 mg/L
EAST COLUMBIA WATER SYSTEM 2,829 0.0140 mg/L
DIVERSION WATER- WATER FRONT WEST 1,548 0.0140 mg/L
VILLAGE OF HARRISONBURG WATER SYSTEM 1,530 0.0140 mg/L
ST MARYS WATER SYSTEM 294 0.0140 mg/L
QUAIL RIDGE ESTATES WATER SYSTEM 1,119 0.0137 mg/L
MARTIN WATER SYSTEM 1,350 0.0136 mg/L
VILLAGE OF WILSON WATER SYSTEM 744 0.0136 mg/L
VILLAGE OF HEFLIN WATER SYSTEM 504 0.0136 mg/L
CITY OF GONZALES WATER SYSTEM 16,806 0.0134 mg/L
DIVERSION WATER - CHINQUAPIN 327 0.0134 mg/L
VILLAGE OF IDA WATER SYSTEM 495 0.0132 mg/L
CITY OF JEANERETTE WATER SYSTEM 6,189 0.0130 mg/L
DARBONNE WS NORTH 3,186 0.0130 mg/L
LUCKY WATERWORKS 315 0.0130 mg/L
TOWN OF ROSEPINE WATER SYSTEM 2,427 0.0130 mg/L
VILLA FELICIANA MEDICAL COMPLEX 726 0.0129 mg/L
MONTEREY RURAL WATER SYSTEM INC 5,250 0.0126 mg/L
ST CHARLES MOBILE HOME PARK 175 0.0126 mg/L
CONSOLIDATED WATERWORKS DISTRICT 2 3,498 0.0124 mg/L
TOWN OF CAMPTI WATER SYSTEM 1,515 0.0124 mg/L
ST MARTIN INDUSTRIAL PARK WATER SYSTEM 150 0.0122 mg/L
TOWN OF FERRIDAY WATER SYSTEM 3,816 0.0122 mg/L
OAK MEADOWS SUBDIVISION WATER SYSTEM 318 0.0120 mg/L
TOWN OF OAK GROVE WATER SYSTEM 2,955 0.0120 mg/L
ST TAM PARISH-MADISONVILLE WOODS 87 0.0116 mg/L
VILLAGE OF BONITA WATER SYSTEM 426 0.0115 mg/L
EAST CENTRAL VERNON WATER SYSTEM 6,363 0.0114 mg/L
FOUR FORKS WATER SYSTEM 609 0.0114 mg/L
VILLAGE OF CLAYTON WATER SYSTEM 723 0.0114 mg/L
PENDLETON WATER ASSOCIATION 2,634 0.0112 mg/L
29 PALMS TRAILER PARK 25 0.0112 mg/L
OAK RIVER ESTATES 25 0.0112 mg/L
TOWN OF MAURICE WATER SYSTEM 3,450 0.0110 mg/L
MAITLAND WATER WORKS DISTRICT 900 0.0110 mg/L
VILLAGE OF NOBLE WATER SYSTEM 549 0.0110 mg/L
LAKEVIEW ESTATES SUBD WS 120 0.0110 mg/L
BOGUE-LUSA WATER WORKS DISTRICT 4,200 0.0109 mg/L
TOWN OF ST JOSEPH WATER SYSTEM 1,332 0.0108 mg/L
TOWN OF KENTWOOD WATER SYSTEM 2,205 0.0107 mg/L
RICHLAND HEIGHTS SUBD WATER SYSTEM 30 0.0107 mg/L
DESOTO PARISH WATER WORKS DISTRICT 1 7,173 0.0107 mg/L
EAST CARROLL WS NORTH 45 0.0106 mg/L
TOWN OF MARINGOUIN 3,300 0.0105 mg/L
SLIGO WATER SYSTEM INCORPORATED 2,850 0.0105 mg/L
FORT POLK NORTH WATER SYSTEM 9,420 0.0103 mg/L
CLEARVIEW MOBILE HOME PARK 141 0.0103 mg/L
VILLAGE OF EROS WATER SYSTEM 318 0.0103 mg/L
GILLIS LONG CENTER 600 0.0102 mg/L
PINE HILL WATER SYSTEM 729 0.0102 mg/L
SALEM WATER SYSTEM 753 0.0102 mg/L
BUCKEYE WATER DISTRICT 50 12,078 0.0101 mg/L
BAYOU TECHE WATER WORKS 10,137 0.0100 mg/L
INTRACOASTAL WATER SYSTEM WEST 6,489 0.0100 mg/L
TOWN OF GREENWOOD WATER SYSTEM 5,205 0.0100 mg/L
SOUTH OAKDALE WATER SYSTEM 1,434 0.0100 mg/L
NEW ORLEANS CARROLLTON WATER WORKS 334,903 0.010 mg/L
BEEKMAN WATER SYSTEM 1,275 0.0098 mg/L
HOLMESVILLE WATER SYSTEM 2,406 0.0098 mg/L
LAWCO - DEQUINCY WATER SYSTEM 5,370 0.0098 mg/L
MIRE BRANCH WATER CORPORATION 9,480 0.0098 mg/L
BELLE PLACE TRAILER PARK WATER SYSTEM 330 0.0098 mg/L
CALCASIEU PARISH WW DISTRICT NO 5 5,088 0.0097 mg/L
SANDY POINT 480 WATER SYSTEM 654 0.0097 mg/L
ROYAL MOBILE ESTATES WATER SYSTEM 141 0.0095 mg/L