Dixie Overland Water System, LA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.59 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). 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.
About Dixie Overland Water System
Dixie Overland Water System serves about 1,455 people through 485 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Webster Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1119007. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Dixie Overland Water System is 1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.59 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 1 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Dixie Overland Water System's 0.59 ppb sits at the 48th percentile in Louisiana and the 44th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
25 other systems share Webster Parish County; 12 of them have a higher latest lead result than Dixie Overland 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 Minden Water System | 16,281 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Springhill Water System | 7,800 | 1 ppb |
| Town Of Sibley Water System | 2,373 | 0.6 ppb |
| Shongaloo Water System | 2,196 | 0 (not detected) |
| Blocker Water System | 1,719 | 1 ppb |
| Pleasant Valley Water System | 1,683 | 3 ppb |
| Gil-Gal Water System | 1,551 | 0 (not detected) |
| Village Of Sarepta Water System | 1,500 | 0.5 ppb |
| Germantown Water System | 1,410 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Cotton Valley Water System | 1,380 | 2 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Minden, 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 Dixie Overland 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.