Jamestown Fryeburg Water System, LA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
Jamestown Fryeburg Water System at a glance
Jamestown Fryeburg Water System serves about 495 people through 232 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Bienville Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1013022; phone on file: 318-377-6955. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Jamestown Fryeburg Water System is 0 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Jamestown Fryeburg Water System's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 11th percentile in Louisiana and the 22nd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
19 other systems share Bienville Parish County; 16 of them have a higher latest lead result than Jamestown Fryeburg 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 Arcadia Water System | 4,146 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Ringgold Water System | 2,283 | 0 (not detected) |
| Alberta Water System | 1,860 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cypress Water System | 1,125 | 4 ppb |
| Town Of Gibsland Water System | 979 | 2 ppb |
| Alabama Water System | 948 | 6 ppb |
| Friendship Water System | 717 | 5.2 ppb |
| Mt Olive Water System | 600 | 3 ppb |
| Village Of Saline Water System | 450 | 3.1 ppb |
| Village Of Castor Water System | 435 | 0.3 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Jamestown Fryeburg Water System'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 Jamestown Fryeburg 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.