Ramsey Water System, LA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2024-2026). 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.
About Ramsey Water System
Ramsey Water System serves about 84 people through 28 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Ouachita Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1073025; phone on file: 318-343-6851. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2023 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ramsey Water System is 2 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 2 ppb |
| 2017 | 1 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. Ramsey Water System's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 3rd percentile in Louisiana and the 8th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
22 other systems share Ouachita Parish County; 14 of them have a higher latest lead result than Ramsey Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Monroe Water System | 57,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of West Monroe Water System | 16,005 | 1 ppb |
| Gowc West Hwy 80 Ark Road Ws | 14,649 | 2 ppb |
| Gowc North Water System | 13,287 | 1 ppb |
| Gowc East Water System | 11,742 | 1 ppb |
| Cheniere Drew North Water System | 11,280 | 0 (not detected) |
| Southwest Ouachita Waterworks, Inc | 10,725 | 3 ppb |
| Gowc Brownville Water System | 9,696 | 3 ppb |
| Gowc Kiroli Darbonne Ws | 9,210 | 0 (not detected) |
| Gowc South Monroe Ws | 7,335 | 2 ppb |
Next steps for West Monroe, LA
Look up your address in Ramsey Water System'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 Ramsey Water System 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.