Town Of Amite Water System, LA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2021-2023). 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.
Who runs the water here
Town Of Amite Water System serves about 4,300 people through 1,850 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 Tangipahoa Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1105001; phone on file: 985-284-7078. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Town Of Amite Water System's lead record
That is down 4 ppb from 5 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Town Of Amite Water System is 5 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 5 ppb |
| 2017 | 0 (not detected) |
How Town Of Amite Water System compares
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. Town Of Amite Water System's 1 ppb sits at the 62nd percentile in Louisiana and the 55th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
20 other systems share Tangipahoa Parish County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Town Of Amite Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Tangipahoa Parish Water District | 75,873 | 1.6 ppb |
| City Of Hammond Water System | 21,135 | 2 ppb |
| City Of Pontchatoula Water System | 6,657 | 0 (not detected) |
| Utilities Inc - Hammond Heights | 4,281 | 1 ppb |
| Tangipahoa (Second Ward) Water District | 4,112 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Independence Water System | 3,052 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Kentwood Water System | 2,205 | 8 ppb |
| Town Of Roseland Water System | 1,521 | 0 (not detected) |
| Utilities Inc - Velma | 1,302 | 0 (not detected) |
| Westview Water Works | 1,134 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Amite, 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 Town Of Amite 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. 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.