City Of Abbeville Water System, LA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
About City Of Abbeville Water System
City Of Abbeville Water System serves about 14,217 people through 4,739 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Vermilion Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1113001; phone on file: 337-898-4207. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2020 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Abbeville Water System is 3 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 ppb |
| 2020 | 2 ppb |
| 2017 | 2 ppb |
How City Of Abbeville 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. City Of Abbeville Water System's 3 ppb sits at the 90th percentile in Louisiana and the 83rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
9 other systems share Vermilion Parish County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Abbeville Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Vermilion Waterworks District 1 | 24,132 | 2.3 ppb |
| Magnolia Plantation Water System Inc | 8,769 | 2 ppb |
| Southeast Waterworks District 2 | 6,810 | 1.2 ppb |
| City Of Kaplan Water System | 4,340 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Maurice Water System | 3,450 | 2.5 ppb |
| Town Of Erath Water System | 2,985 | 2 ppb |
| Town Of Delcambre Water System | 2,457 | 5.1 ppb |
| Town Of Gueydan Water System | 2,016 | 4 ppb |
| Pecan Island Ww District No 3 | 1,230 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Abbeville, 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 City Of Abbeville 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.