Palmetto Water Works Inc, LA
Exceeded the action level in the past
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2021-2023). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. The latest result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Who runs the water here
Palmetto Water Works Inc serves about 255 people through 85 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Webster Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1119022; phone on file: 318-347-1046. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2020 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Palmetto Water Works Inc is 24 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 24 ppb over 15 |
How Palmetto Water Works Inc 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. Palmetto Water Works Inc's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 8th percentile in Louisiana and the 17th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Webster Parish County
25 other systems share Webster Parish County; 15 of them have a higher latest lead result than Palmetto Water Works Inc. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Minden Water System | 16,281 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Springhill Water System | 7,800 | 1 ppb |
| Town Of Sibley Water System | 2,373 | 0.6 ppb |
| Shongaloo Water System | 2,196 | 0 (not detected) |
| Blocker Water System | 1,719 | 1 ppb |
| Pleasant Valley Water System | 1,683 | 3 ppb |
| Gil-Gal Water System | 1,551 | 0 (not detected) |
| Village Of Sarepta Water System | 1,500 | 0.5 ppb |
| Dixie Overland Water System | 1,455 | 0.59 ppb |
| Germantown Water System | 1,410 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Doyline, 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 Palmetto Water Works Inc 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.