City Of Lake Providence Water System, LA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). 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.
Who runs the water here
City Of Lake Providence Water System serves about 5,850 people through 1,950 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 East Carroll Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1035002; phone on file: 318-559-2288. 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 2025 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Lake Providence Water System is 3 ppb across 11 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2025 | 1 ppb |
| 2024 | 1 ppb |
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 3 ppb |
| 2018 | 3 ppb |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
| 2016 | 1 ppb |
| 2016 | 1 ppb |
Against other Louisiana systems
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 Lake Providence Water System's 1 ppb sits at the 63rd percentile in Louisiana and the 55th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in East Carroll Parish County
3 other systems share East Carroll Parish County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Lake Providence Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Monticello Water System | 1,104 | 3 ppb |
| East Carroll Ws South | 1,071 | 1.6 ppb |
| East Carroll Ws North | 45 | 3 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Lake Providence, 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 Lake Providence Water System whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1500 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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.