Keatchie Water System, LA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2020-2022). 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
Keatchie Water System serves about 4,446 people through 1,482 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in De Soto Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1031007; phone on file: 318-947-0146. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Keatchie Water System's lead record
That is down 4 ppb from 5 ppb in the period ending 2019. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Keatchie Water System is 5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 5 ppb |
| 2016 | 2 ppb |
How Keatchie Water System compares
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. Keatchie Water System's 1 ppb sits at the 62nd percentile in Louisiana and the 55th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
8 other systems share De Soto Parish County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Keatchie Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| North Desoto Water System | 7,608 | 1 ppb |
| City Of Mansfield Water System | 7,512 | 1 ppb |
| Desoto Parish Water Works District 1 | 7,173 | 2 ppb |
| Town Of Logansport Water System | 2,448 | 0.44 ppb |
| East Desoto Water System | 1,455 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rambin-Wallace Water System | 1,161 | 1.6 ppb |
| South Desoto Water System | 963 | 0 (not detected) |
| Village Of South Mansfield Water System | 933 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Grand Cane, 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 Keatchie 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.