Lpwdn North Region, LA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.5 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
Lpwdn North Region at a glance
Lpwdn North Region serves about 16,833 people through 5,611 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Lafayette Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1055191; phone on file: 337-896-8683. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lpwdn North Region's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Lpwdn North Region is 1 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.5 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 1 ppb |
| 2016 | 1 ppb |
How Lpwdn North Region 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. Lpwdn North Region's 0.5 ppb sits at the 48th percentile in Louisiana and the 43rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
33 other systems share Lafayette Parish County; 13 of them have a higher latest lead result than Lpwdn North Region. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Lafayette Utilities Water System | 169,389 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lpwd South | 15,132 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Carencro Water System | 11,301 | 0.63 ppb |
| City Of Youngsville Purchase Ws | 10,281 | 1 ppb |
| City Of Broussard Purchase Water System | 10,242 | 0.35 ppb |
| Milton Water System | 10,200 | 4 ppb |
| City Of Scott Water System | 9,696 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Youngsville Water System | 7,956 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Broussard Water System | 5,151 | 0.39 ppb |
| City Of Broussard Hwy 90 Water System | 4,182 | 1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Lafayette, 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 Lpwdn North Region 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.