Central Water System, LA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2023). 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.
Central Water System at a glance
Central Water System serves about 558 people through 186 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Webster Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1119003; phone on file: 318-207-0801. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2018 (3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Central Water System is 3 ppb across 2 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 ppb |
| 2018 | 3 ppb |
How Central Water System compares
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 Water System's 3 ppb sits at the 88th percentile in Louisiana and the 82nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
25 other systems share Webster Parish County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Central 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 Minden Water System | 16,281 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Springhill Water System | 7,800 | 1 ppb |
| Town Of Sibley Water System | 2,373 | 0.6 ppb |
| Shongaloo Water System | 2,196 | 0 (not detected) |
| Blocker Water System | 1,719 | 1 ppb |
| Pleasant Valley Water System | 1,683 | 3 ppb |
| Gil-Gal Water System | 1,551 | 0 (not detected) |
| Village Of Sarepta Water System | 1,500 | 0.5 ppb |
| Dixie Overland Water System | 1,455 | 0.59 ppb |
| Germantown Water System | 1,410 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Heflin, LA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Heflin, 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 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.