Bastrop Water System, LA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
Who runs the water here
Bastrop Water System serves about 18,105 people through 6,035 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Morehouse Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1067003; phone on file: 318-281-2161. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is up 3 ppb from 1 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bastrop Water System is 4 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 ppb |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 2 ppb |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
| 2017 | 4 ppb |
| 2016 | 2 ppb |
Where this result ranks
Of the 802 Louisiana systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 0.72 ppb; 4 are over 15 ppb right now and 30 have gone over at some point. Bastrop Water System's 4 ppb sits at the 93rd percentile in Louisiana and the 88th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
14 other systems share Morehouse Parish County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Bastrop Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Consolidated Water District No. 2 | 3,498 | 2 ppb |
| Ward 3 Water System | 1,740 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bayou Bonne Idee Ws | 1,656 | 0 (not detected) |
| Beekman Water System | 1,275 | 0 (not detected) |
| Waterworks 1 Of Morehouse, Inc | 1,266 | 0.8 ppb |
| Village Of Mer Rouge Water System | 1,098 | 0 (not detected) |
| Morehouse Central Ws | 780 | 0 (not detected) |
| Jones Mcginty Water System | 660 | 0 (not detected) |
| Village Of Collinston Water System | 609 | 4 ppb |
| Village Of Oak Ridge Water System | 369 | 1 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Bastrop, LA may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Bastrop Water System whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1900 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.