City Of Ruston Water System, LA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.4 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
About City Of Ruston Water System
City Of Ruston Water System serves about 22,468 people through 8,391 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 Lincoln Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1061017; phone on file: 318-251-8633. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is up 1.4 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Ruston Water System is 2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.4 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2016 | 2 ppb |
How City Of Ruston 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 Ruston Water System's 1.4 ppb sits at the 70th percentile in Louisiana and the 62nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
19 other systems share Lincoln Parish County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Ruston Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Grambling State University Ws | 6,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Grambling Water System | 4,949 | 9 ppb |
| Wesley Chapel Water System | 4,080 | 0 (not detected) |
| Greater Ward 1 Waterworks District | 3,333 | 1 ppb |
| Culbertson Water System | 3,300 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lincoln Parish Waterworks District #3 | 2,730 | 1 ppb |
| Village Of Choudrant Water System | 1,950 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mt Zion Water System | 1,635 | 1 ppb |
| Hico Water System | 1,530 | 3 ppb |
| Hilly-Greenwood Water System | 1,476 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Ruston, LA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Ruston, 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 Ruston 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.