Lakeview Water System, LA
Above the new 10 ppb level coming in 2027
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 11.3 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Under the current 15 ppb rule this is not an exceedance, but it is above the 10 ppb action level that takes over in Nov 2027. Test your own tap; filter if your result shows lead.
Who runs the water here
Lakeview Water System serves about 2,025 people through 675 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws surface water, in Caddo Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1017019; phone on file: 318-222-4871. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is up 11.3 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lakeview Water System is 32 ppb across 13 monitoring periods, 3 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 11.3 ppb over 10 |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 6 ppb |
| 2023 | 4 ppb |
| 2022 | 32 ppb over 15 |
| 2021 | 4 ppb |
| 2020 | 3 ppb |
| 2019 | 5 ppb |
| 2018 | 2 ppb |
| 2017 | 3 ppb |
| 2017 | 21 ppb over 15 |
| 2016 | 2 ppb |
| 2016 | 18 ppb over 15 |
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. Lakeview Water System's 11.3 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in Louisiana and the 98th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
27 other systems share Caddo Parish County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Lakeview Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Shreveport Water System | 192,378 | 0.92 ppb |
| Town Of Blanchard Water System | 16,488 | 0 (not detected) |
| Waterworks District 7 | 5,889 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Greenwood Water System | 5,205 | 29 ppb |
| Pinehill Waterworks District | 4,926 | 6 ppb |
| Town Of Vivian Water System | 4,050 | 1.2 ppb |
| Town Of Oil City Water System | 2,169 | 1 ppb |
| Village Of Mooringsport Water System | 999 | 9 ppb |
| Village Of Hosston Water System | 729 | 2.2 ppb |
| Deepwoods Utilities Inc | 657 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Shreveport, LA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Shreveport, 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 Lakeview 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. See what changes at 10 ppb in 2027.