City Of Ville Platte 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.
City Of Ville Platte Water System at a glance
City Of Ville Platte Water System serves about 6,590 people through 3,300 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 Evangeline Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1039010; phone on file: 337-363-2939. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2020 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Ville Platte Water System is 4 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2017 | 4 ppb |
How City Of Ville Platte 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 Ville Platte Water System's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 39th percentile in Louisiana and the 36th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
12 other systems share Evangeline Parish County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than City Of Ville Platte Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| East Side Water System | 5,718 | 0 (not detected) |
| Village Of Turkey Creek Water System | 5,289 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Mamou Water System | 4,559 | 7 ppb |
| Bayou Des Cannes Water System | 4,530 | 1 ppb |
| Point Blue/Chataiginer Water System | 3,471 | 0 (not detected) |
| Reddell Vidrine Water District | 2,952 | 0 (not detected) |
| Evangeline Ww District 1 - Pine Prairie | 2,598 | 0.64 ppb |
| Town Of Basile Water System | 2,559 | 2 ppb |
| Te Mamou Water District | 2,259 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pine Prairie Correctional Facility | 900 | 0.26 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in City Of Ville Platte 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 Ville Platte 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.