Punkin Center Hilltop Ws, LA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Punkin Center Hilltop Ws serves about 1,710 people through 570 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Jackson Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1049013; phone on file: 318-259-4216. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Punkin Center Hilltop Ws is 1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 1 ppb |
How Punkin Center Hilltop Ws 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. Punkin Center Hilltop Ws's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 25th percentile in Louisiana and the 30th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
17 other systems share Jackson Parish County; 12 of them have a higher latest lead result than Punkin Center Hilltop Ws. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Town Of Jonesboro Water System | 6,231 | 0 (not detected) |
| Weston Water System | 1,980 | 1.1 ppb |
| Village Of Chatham Water System | 1,557 | 1 ppb |
| Ebenezer Water System | 828 | 0 (not detected) |
| Eros Community Water System | 729 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mcdonald Water System | 675 | 2 ppb |
| Village Of Quitman Water System | 648 | 1 ppb |
| Spillway Estates Water System | 501 | 0 (not detected) |
| Village Of Hodge Water System | 479 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bear Creek Water System | 435 | 3 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Punkin Center Hilltop Ws's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Punkin Center Hilltop Ws 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.