City Of Jennings Water System, LA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
City Of Jennings Water System at a glance
City Of Jennings Water System serves about 9,837 people through 4,458 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Jefferson Davis Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1053003; phone on file: 337-821-5500. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2023 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Jennings Water System is 2 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 ppb |
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
How City Of Jennings 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 Jennings Water System's 2 ppb sits at the 82nd percentile in Louisiana and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Jefferson Davis Parish County
7 other systems share Jefferson Davis Parish County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Jennings Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Jeff Davis Water And Sewer Commission 1 | 9,780 | 1 ppb |
| Jeff Davis Central Waterworks District | 5,709 | 4.2 ppb |
| Town Of Welsh Water System | 4,311 | 3 ppb |
| Jeff Davis Water District 4 | 4,194 | 1.4 ppb |
| Town Of Lake Arthur Water System | 2,706 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Elton Water System | 1,512 | 2 ppb |
| Village Of Fenton Water System | 226 | 17 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Jennings, 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 Jennings 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.