Gowc West Hwy 80 Ark Road Ws, 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.
Gowc West Hwy 80 Ark Road Ws at a glance
Gowc West Hwy 80 Ark Road Ws serves about 14,649 people through 4,883 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Ouachita Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1073055; phone on file: 318-322-3741. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Gowc West Hwy 80 Ark Road Ws is 8 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 ppb |
| 2023 | 3 ppb |
| 2020 | 2 ppb |
| 2017 | 8 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. Gowc West Hwy 80 Ark Road Ws's 2 ppb sits at the 83rd percentile in Louisiana and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Ouachita Parish County
22 other systems share Ouachita Parish County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Gowc West Hwy 80 Ark Road Ws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Monroe Water System | 57,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of West Monroe Water System | 16,005 | 1 ppb |
| Gowc North Water System | 13,287 | 1 ppb |
| Gowc East Water System | 11,742 | 1 ppb |
| Cheniere Drew North Water System | 11,280 | 0 (not detected) |
| Southwest Ouachita Waterworks, Inc | 10,725 | 3 ppb |
| Gowc Brownville Water System | 9,696 | 3 ppb |
| Gowc Kiroli Darbonne Ws | 9,210 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gowc South Monroe Ws | 7,335 | 2 ppb |
| Cadeville Water District | 6,219 | 2 ppb |
Next steps for West Monroe, LA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; West Monroe, 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 Gowc West Hwy 80 Ark Road Ws 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.