City Of Rayne Water System, LA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
About City Of Rayne Water System
City Of Rayne Water System serves about 10,908 people through 3,636 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 Acadia Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1001007; phone on file: 337-344-6603. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Rayne Water System is 2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 2 ppb |
How City Of Rayne 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 Rayne Water System's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 41st percentile in Louisiana and the 37th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
11 other systems share Acadia Parish County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Rayne Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lawco - Crowley Water System | 17,634 | 3 ppb |
| Mire Branch Water Corporation | 9,480 | 2 ppb |
| Egan Water Corporation | 5,337 | 0 (not detected) |
| South Rayne Water Corporation | 4,254 | 1 ppb |
| Town Of Church Point Water System | 4,176 | 1 ppb |
| North Of Crowley Water Corporation | 4,020 | 2 ppb |
| Egan Water Corporation No 2 | 2,835 | 0.63 ppb |
| Town Of Iota Water System | 1,842 | 2 ppb |
| Village Of Morse Water System | 1,065 | 0 (not detected) |
| Village Of Estherwood Water System | 891 | 4 ppb |
Next steps for Rayne, LA
Look up your address in City Of Rayne Water System's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask City Of Rayne 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.