Eastern Louisiana Mental Health Systems, 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.
Who runs the water here
Eastern Louisiana Mental Health Systems serves about 1,600 people through 70 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: LA1037005; phone on file: 225-634-0319. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Eastern Louisiana Mental Health Systems's lead record
That is up 2 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Eastern Louisiana Mental Health Systems is 2 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 1 ppb |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
| 2016 | 1 ppb |
| 2016 | 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. Eastern Louisiana Mental Health Systems's 2 ppb sits at the 77th percentile in Louisiana and the 72nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share East Feliciana Parish County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Eastern Louisiana Mental Health Systems. 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) |
| Dixon Correctional Institute | 1,700 | 0 (not detected) |
| 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) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Jackson, 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 Eastern Louisiana Mental Health Systems 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.