Maitland Water Works District, LA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.1 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.
About Maitland Water Works District
Maitland Water Works District serves about 900 people through 300 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Catahoula Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1025011; phone on file: 318-389-4362. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Maitland Water Works District's lead record
That is down 9.9 ppb from 11 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Maitland Water Works District is 11 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (2 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2022 | 11 ppb over 10 |
| 2022 | 11 ppb over 10 |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2016 | 3 ppb |
| 2016 | 3 ppb |
Against other Louisiana systems
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. Maitland Water Works District's 1.1 ppb sits at the 67th percentile in Louisiana and the 57th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Catahoula Parish County
6 other systems share Catahoula Parish County; 4 of them have a higher latest lead result than Maitland Water Works District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Sandy Lake Water Supply | 3,141 | 2 ppb |
| Town Of Jonesville Water System | 2,811 | 8 ppb |
| Black River Water System | 2,256 | 0 (not detected) |
| Village Of Harrisonburg Water System | 1,530 | 2.7 ppb |
| Leland Water System Inc | 1,140 | 0 (not detected) |
| Village Of Sicily Island | 930 | 2 ppb |
Next steps for Clayton, LA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Clayton, 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 Maitland Water Works District 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.