Ron Son Bear, LA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (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. 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.
Ron Son Bear at a glance
Ron Son Bear serves about 96 people through 42 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Washington Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1117022; phone on file: 985-839-5226. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Ron Son Bear's lead record
That is down 2 ppb from 4 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Ron Son Bear is 4 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 4 ppb |
| 2018 | 3 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Ron Son Bear's 2 ppb sits at the 73rd percentile in Louisiana and the 70th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
11 other systems share Washington Parish County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Ron Son Bear. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Bogalusa Water System | 14,000 | 2 ppb |
| Varnado Water Works | 4,230 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bogue-Lusa Water Works District | 4,200 | 1.6 ppb |
| Town Of Franklinton Water System | 4,150 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rural Franklinton Water | 3,450 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mount Hermon Water District | 1,107 | 0 (not detected) |
| Varnado Water Works - Pine | 840 | 1 ppb |
| Village Of Angie Water Supply | 400 | 1 ppb |
| Willa Villa Mobile Home | 161 | 1 ppb |
| Utilities Inc - North Folsom Hills | 81 | 4 ppb |
Next steps for Franklinton, LA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Franklinton, 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 Ron Son Bear 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.