East Jena Water System Inc., LA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (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. 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.
Who runs the water here
East Jena Water System Inc. serves about 990 people through 350 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in La Salle Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1059017; phone on file: 318-992-2148. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
That is up 2 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for East Jena Water System Inc. is 2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 2 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. East Jena Water System Inc.'s 2 ppb sits at the 76th percentile in Louisiana and the 72nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in La Salle Parish County
11 other systems share La Salle Parish County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than East Jena Water System Inc.. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Town Of Jena Water System | 3,614 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lasalle Waterworks District 1 | 3,240 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Olla Water System | 2,565 | 0 (not detected) |
| Nebo Water System Inc | 2,460 | 1.6 ppb |
| Belah Fellowship Water System | 1,806 | 2 ppb |
| Summerville Water System | 1,425 | 3 ppb |
| Village Of Tullos Water System | 792 | 0 (not detected) |
| Village Of Urania Water System | 784 | 0 (not detected) |
| Whitehall Water System Inc | 627 | 0.69 ppb |
| Pleasant Ridge Water System | 540 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Jena, 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 East Jena Water System Inc. 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.