Creston Water System, LA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
Creston Water System at a glance
Creston Water System serves about 801 people through 267 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Natchitoches Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1069003; phone on file: 318-875-2112. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Creston Water System's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Creston Water System is 1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
How Creston 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. Creston Water System's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 17th percentile in Louisiana and the 25th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Natchitoches Parish County
11 other systems share Natchitoches Parish County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Creston Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Natchitoches Water System | 26,910 | 0 (not detected) |
| Natchitoches Parish Wwks District 2 | 8,415 | 1 ppb |
| Town Of Campti Water System | 1,515 | 13 ppb |
| Bellwood Water System | 1,032 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hagewood Water System | 1,017 | 0 (not detected) |
| Village Of Provencal Water System | 705 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sandy Point 480 Water System | 654 | 0.29 ppb |
| Village Of Clarence Water System | 612 | 1.2 ppb |
| Chestnut-Readhimer Water System | 564 | 1 ppb |
| Village Of Goldonna Water System | 540 | 2 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Creston 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 Creston 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.