Pointe Coupee Water Works District 1, LA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.2 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.
Who runs the water here
Pointe Coupee Water Works District 1 serves about 10,629 people through 3,543 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 Pointe Coupee Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1077043; phone on file: 225-638-5558. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Pointe Coupee Water Works District 1's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Pointe Coupee Water Works District 1 is 6 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
| 2019 | 4 ppb |
| 2016 | 6 ppb |
How Pointe Coupee Water Works District 1 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. Pointe Coupee Water Works District 1's 1.2 ppb sits at the 69th percentile in Louisiana and the 59th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
9 other systems share Pointe Coupee Parish County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Pointe Coupee Water Works District 1. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Town Of New Roads Water System | 9,024 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pointe Coupee Wwks District 2 - Hwy 10 | 2,401 | 0.49 ppb |
| Innis Water Corporation Inc | 2,400 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Fordoche | 1,380 | 0.33 ppb |
| Torbert- Frisco Water Works | 1,320 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pointe Coupee Wwks District 2- Batchelor | 1,290 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Livonia Water System | 1,234 | 0 (not detected) |
| Village Of Morganza Water System | 1,005 | 0 (not detected) |
| Alma Plantation Ltd | 111 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; New Roads, 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 Pointe Coupee Water Works District 1 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.