Reddell Vidrine Water District, LA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2025-2025). 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.
Reddell Vidrine Water District at a glance
Reddell Vidrine Water District serves about 2,952 people through 984 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Evangeline Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1039007; phone on file: 337-363-7223. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Reddell Vidrine Water District's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Reddell Vidrine Water District is 1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
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. Reddell Vidrine Water District's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 31st percentile in Louisiana and the 33rd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
12 other systems share Evangeline Parish County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Reddell Vidrine Water District. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Ville Platte Water System | 6,590 | 0 (not detected) |
| East Side Water System | 5,718 | 0 (not detected) |
| Village Of Turkey Creek Water System | 5,289 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Mamou Water System | 4,559 | 7 ppb |
| Bayou Des Cannes Water System | 4,530 | 1 ppb |
| Point Blue/Chataiginer Water System | 3,471 | 0 (not detected) |
| Evangeline Ww District 1 - Pine Prairie | 2,598 | 0.64 ppb |
| Town Of Basile Water System | 2,559 | 2 ppb |
| Te Mamou Water District | 2,259 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pine Prairie Correctional Facility | 900 | 0.26 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Reddell Vidrine Water District'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 Reddell Vidrine Water 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. 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.