Lee Road Water Corporation, 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.
About Lee Road Water Corporation
Lee Road Water Corporation serves about 7,665 people through 2,555 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in St. Tammany Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1103020; phone on file: 985-893-1580. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lee Road Water Corporation's lead record
That is up 2 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lee Road Water Corporation is 6 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 6 ppb |
How Lee Road Water Corporation 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. Lee Road Water Corporation's 2 ppb sits at the 81st percentile in Louisiana and the 73rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
65 other systems share St. Tammany Parish County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lee Road Water Corporation. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Slidell Water Supply | 35,547 | 0 (not detected) |
| St Tam Parish- Bedico -Faubourg-Coquille | 18,372 | 0 (not detected) |
| St Tam Parish - Briarwood Terrace | 17,536 | 2 ppb |
| City Of Covington Water Supply | 16,185 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Mandeville Water Supply | 13,000 | 1 ppb |
| Utilities Inc - North Park Water Supply | 11,298 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bayou Liberty Water Association | 10,791 | 0 (not detected) |
| St Tam Parish - Cross Gates Sd | 8,037 | 0 (not detected) |
| Utilities Inc - Kingspoint Subdivision | 6,351 | 0 (not detected) |
| St Tammany Water District #2 | 5,200 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Covington, 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 Lee Road Water Corporation 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.