Southeast Waterworks District 2, LA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1.2 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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.
About Southeast Waterworks District 2
Southeast Waterworks District 2 serves about 6,810 people through 2,270 service connections, which makes it a medium-sized system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Vermilion Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1113031. Ask the utility on your bill for your address in their service line inventory.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Southeast Waterworks District 2 is 10 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.2 ppb |
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
| 2019 | 1 ppb |
| 2016 | 10 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. Southeast Waterworks District 2's 1.2 ppb sits at the 69th percentile in Louisiana and the 59th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
9 other systems share Vermilion Parish County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Southeast Waterworks District 2. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Vermilion Waterworks District 1 | 24,132 | 2.3 ppb |
| City Of Abbeville Water System | 14,217 | 3 ppb |
| Magnolia Plantation Water System Inc | 8,769 | 2 ppb |
| City Of Kaplan Water System | 4,340 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Maurice Water System | 3,450 | 2.5 ppb |
| Town Of Erath Water System | 2,985 | 2 ppb |
| Town Of Delcambre Water System | 2,457 | 5.1 ppb |
| Town Of Gueydan Water System | 2,016 | 4 ppb |
| Pecan Island Ww District No 3 | 1,230 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Abbeville, 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 Southeast Waterworks District 2 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.