Louisiana War Veterans, LA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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 Louisiana War Veterans
Louisiana War Veterans serves about 345 people through 1 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by the state and draws groundwater, in East Feliciana Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1037012; phone on file: 225-634-5265. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Louisiana War Veterans is 5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 5 ppb |
How Louisiana War Veterans 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. Louisiana War Veterans's 1 ppb sits at the 56th percentile in Louisiana and the 53rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
9 other systems share East Feliciana Parish County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Louisiana War Veterans. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| East Feliciana Rural Water | 14,829 | 1 ppb |
| East Feliciana Wwks District 7 | 2,805 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Jackson Water System | 2,736 | 2 ppb |
| Town Of Slaughter Water System | 1,920 | 0 (not detected) |
| Dixon Correctional Institute | 1,700 | 0 (not detected) |
| Eastern Louisiana Mental Health Systems | 1,600 | 2 ppb |
| Village Of Wilson Water System | 744 | 0 (not detected) |
| Villa Feliciana Medical Complex | 726 | 0 (not detected) |
| Village Of Norwood Water System | 279 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Jackson, LA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Jackson, 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 Louisiana War Veterans 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.