City Of Tallulah Water System, LA
Lead detected, under the action levels
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. 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 Tallulah Water System serves about 8,601 people through 2,867 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 Madison Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1065003; phone on file: 318-574-0964. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is down 2.4 ppb from 4.4 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Tallulah Water System is 12 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 ppb |
| 2025 | 4.4 ppb |
| 2023 | 12 ppb over 10 |
| 2020 | 4 ppb |
| 2017 | 4 ppb |
How City Of Tallulah 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 Tallulah Water System's 2 ppb sits at the 81st percentile in Louisiana and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
3 other systems share Madison Parish County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Tallulah Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Walnut Bayou Water Association | 3,531 | 1.4 ppb |
| Bayou Macon Water System | 1,041 | 2 ppb |
| Village Of Delta Water System | 369 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Tallulah, 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 Tallulah 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.