St Martin Industrial Park Water System, LA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (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. 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.
St Martin Industrial Park Water System at a glance
St Martin Industrial Park Water System serves about 150 people through 6 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in St. Martin Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1099029; phone on file: 337-523-6718. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
That is down 12 ppb from 13 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for St Martin Industrial Park Water System is 13 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (2 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 ppb |
| 2023 | 13 ppb over 10 |
| 2020 | 12 ppb over 10 |
| 2017 | 3 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. St Martin Industrial Park Water System's 1 ppb sits at the 55th percentile in Louisiana and the 52nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in St. Martin Parish County
13 other systems share St. Martin Parish County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than St Martin Industrial Park Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Village Of Parks Water System | 12,801 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cecilia Water Corporation | 12,420 | 3 ppb |
| Bayou Teche Water Works | 10,137 | 3 ppb |
| City Of Breaux Bridge Water System | 10,098 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of St. Martinville Water System | 7,263 | 7 ppb |
| Henderson Nina Water System Inc | 6,010 | 4.6 ppb |
| United Water System | 4,446 | 2 ppb |
| Town Of Arnaudville Water System | 3,957 | 0 (not detected) |
| St Martin Water Works District 3 - Cade | 3,249 | 0 (not detected) |
| St Martin Water District 4 - Catahoula | 3,000 | 1 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; St. Martinville, 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 St Martin Industrial Park 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.