Social Springs Water System South, 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.
About Social Springs Water System South
Social Springs Water System South serves about 576 people through 192 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Red River Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1081011; phone on file: 318-532-7330. 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 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Social Springs Water System South is 5 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 | 5 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. Social Springs Water System South's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 13th percentile in Louisiana and the 23rd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Red River Parish County
10 other systems share Red River Parish County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Social Springs Water System South. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Town Of Coushatta Water System | 3,300 | 0.44 ppb |
| Fairview Union Water System | 2,346 | 4 ppb |
| Bayou Pierre Water System | 1,371 | 1.6 ppb |
| Martin Water System | 1,350 | 0 (not detected) |
| Village Of Hall Summit Water System | 756 | 0.86 ppb |
| Social Springs Water System North | 744 | 2 ppb |
| Hickory Grove Water System | 570 | 0 (not detected) |
| Halfway-Carroll Water System | 498 | 5 ppb |
| East Cross Water System | 453 | 0.9 ppb |
| Village Of Edgefield Water System | 375 | 3 ppb |
Your move
Look up your address in Social Springs Water System South'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 Social Springs Water System South 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.