City Of Alexandria Water System, LA
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
City Of Alexandria Water System serves about 66,798 people through 22,266 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 Rapides Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1079001; phone on file: 318-449-5000. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2026 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Alexandria Water System is 16 ppb across 16 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 ppb |
| 2026 | 1 ppb |
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2024 | 1 ppb |
| 2024 | 1 ppb |
| 2023 | 3 ppb |
| 2023 | 4 ppb |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2021 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 3 ppb |
| 2020 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 2 ppb |
| 2019 | 16 ppb over 15 |
| 2016 | 6 ppb |
How City Of Alexandria 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 Alexandria Water System's 2 ppb sits at the 83rd percentile in Louisiana and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
21 other systems share Rapides Parish County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Alexandria 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 Pineville Water System | 20,358 | 2 ppb |
| Rapides Parish Waterworks District 3 | 19,983 | 0 (not detected) |
| Buckeye Water District 50 | 12,078 | 2 ppb |
| Rapides Island Water Association Inc | 5,658 | 0 (not detected) |
| Kolin Ruby Wise Waterwork District 11 A | 4,992 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Woodworth Water System | 4,818 | 2.2 ppb |
| Gardner Community Water System | 4,566 | 2 ppb |
| Village Of Forest Hill | 3,600 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lena Water System Inc | 3,417 | 3 ppb |
| Emc Water System Inc | 3,135 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Alexandria, 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 Alexandria 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. Why an old exceedance still matters: over the limit before, under it now.