David Wade Correctional Center Ws, 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.
David Wade Correctional Center Ws at a glance
David Wade Correctional Center Ws serves about 1,660 people through 50 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by the state and draws groundwater, in Claiborne Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1027008; phone on file: 318-927-0400. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for David Wade Correctional Center Ws is 1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 1 ppb |
Against other Louisiana systems
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. David Wade Correctional Center Ws's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 25th percentile in Louisiana and the 30th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
10 other systems share Claiborne Parish County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than David Wade Correctional Center Ws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Town Of Homer Water System | 4,365 | 4.7 ppb |
| South Claiborne Water System | 3,843 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Haynesville Water System | 3,600 | 1 ppb |
| Central Claiborne Water System | 2,859 | 2 ppb |
| Summerfield Water System | 1,329 | 1 ppb |
| Village Of Lisbon Water System | 891 | 2 ppb |
| Pine Hill Water System | 729 | 22 ppb |
| Village Of Athens Water System | 486 | 2 ppb |
| Leatherman Creek Water System | 375 | 4 ppb |
| Norton Shop Water System | 336 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in David Wade Correctional Center Ws'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 David Wade Correctional Center Ws 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.