Central Claiborne Water System, LA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 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.
About Central Claiborne Water System
Central Claiborne Water System serves about 2,859 people through 953 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Claiborne Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1027009; phone on file: 318-927-3083. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2021 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Central Claiborne Water System is 5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2018 | 5 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. Central Claiborne Water System's 2 ppb sits at the 78th percentile in Louisiana and the 72nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
10 other systems share Claiborne Parish County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Central Claiborne Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Town Of Homer Water System | 4,365 | 4.7 ppb |
| South Claiborne Water System | 3,843 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Haynesville Water System | 3,600 | 1 ppb |
| David Wade Correctional Center Ws | 1,660 | 0 (not detected) |
| Summerfield Water System | 1,329 | 1 ppb |
| Village Of Lisbon Water System | 891 | 2 ppb |
| Pine Hill Water System | 729 | 22 ppb |
| Village Of Athens Water System | 486 | 2 ppb |
| Leatherman Creek Water System | 375 | 4 ppb |
| Norton Shop Water System | 336 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Homer, LA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Homer, 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 Central Claiborne 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.