Fairview Union Water System, LA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4 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.
About Fairview Union Water System
Fairview Union Water System serves about 2,346 people through 782 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Red River Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1081012; phone on file: 318-932-3822. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
That is down 2 ppb from 6 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Fairview Union Water System is 6 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 ppb |
| 2023 | 6 ppb |
| 2020 | 4 ppb |
| 2016 | 5 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. Fairview Union Water System's 4 ppb sits at the 93rd percentile in Louisiana and the 88th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
10 other systems share Red River Parish County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Fairview Union Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Town Of Coushatta Water System | 3,300 | 0.44 ppb |
| Bayou Pierre Water System | 1,371 | 1.6 ppb |
| Martin Water System | 1,350 | 0 (not detected) |
| Village Of Hall Summit Water System | 756 | 0.86 ppb |
| Social Springs Water System North | 744 | 2 ppb |
| Social Springs Water System South | 576 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hickory Grove Water System | 570 | 0 (not detected) |
| Halfway-Carroll Water System | 498 | 5 ppb |
| East Cross Water System | 453 | 0.9 ppb |
| Village Of Edgefield Water System | 375 | 3 ppb |
Next steps for Coushatta, LA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Coushatta, 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 Fairview Union 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. Why sampled homes are the worst-case ones is in the guide to reading the number. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.