Bellevue Water System, LA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2019-2021). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
About Bellevue Water System
Bellevue Water System serves about 1,236 people through 412 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Bossier Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1015041; phone on file: 318-294-8944. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2018 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Bellevue Water System is 0 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Bellevue Water System's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 21st percentile in Louisiana and the 28th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
18 other systems share Bossier Parish County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Bellevue Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Bossier City Water System | 79,506 | 1 ppb |
| Village Water System | 24,813 | 0 (not detected) |
| Barksdale Afb Water System | 13,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Benton Water System | 8,037 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cypress Black Bayou Water System | 5,520 | 1.2 ppb |
| Town Of Haughton Water System | 5,355 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sligo Water System Incorporated | 2,850 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Plain Dealing Water System | 2,346 | 1 ppb |
| West Central Bossier Water System | 1,771 | 0 (not detected) |
| South Bossier Water System | 1,755 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Doyline, LA
Look up your address in Bellevue Water System's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Bellevue Water System whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do.
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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.