Dixon Correctional Institute, LA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
Who runs the water here
Dixon Correctional Institute serves about 1,700 people through 1 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by the state and draws groundwater, in East Feliciana Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1037002; phone on file: 225-634-6201. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Dixon Correctional Institute's lead record
Against the period ending 2023 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Dixon Correctional Institute is 0 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Dixon Correctional Institute'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.
Other water systems in East Feliciana Parish County
9 other systems share East Feliciana Parish County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Dixon Correctional Institute. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| East Feliciana Rural Water | 14,829 | 1 ppb |
| East Feliciana Wwks District 7 | 2,805 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Jackson Water System | 2,736 | 2 ppb |
| Town Of Slaughter Water System | 1,920 | 0 (not detected) |
| Eastern Louisiana Mental Health Systems | 1,600 | 2 ppb |
| Village Of Wilson Water System | 744 | 0 (not detected) |
| Villa Feliciana Medical Complex | 726 | 0 (not detected) |
| Louisiana War Veterans | 345 | 1 ppb |
| Village Of Norwood Water System | 279 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Dixon Correctional Institute'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 Dixon Correctional Institute 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.