Desoto Parish Water Works District 1, LA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (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. 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.
Desoto Parish Water Works District 1 at a glance
Desoto Parish Water Works District 1 serves about 7,173 people through 2,391 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 surface water, in De Soto Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1031030; phone on file: 318-872-0004. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Desoto Parish Water Works District 1 is 3 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 3 ppb |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
How Desoto Parish Water Works District 1 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. Desoto Parish Water Works District 1's 2 ppb sits at the 81st percentile in Louisiana and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in De Soto Parish County
8 other systems share De Soto Parish County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Desoto Parish Water Works District 1. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| North Desoto Water System | 7,608 | 1 ppb |
| City Of Mansfield Water System | 7,512 | 1 ppb |
| Keatchie Water System | 4,446 | 1 ppb |
| Town Of Logansport Water System | 2,448 | 0.44 ppb |
| East Desoto Water System | 1,455 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rambin-Wallace Water System | 1,161 | 1.6 ppb |
| South Desoto Water System | 963 | 0 (not detected) |
| Village Of South Mansfield Water System | 933 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Mansfield, 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 Desoto Parish Water Works District 1 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.