Town Of Benton Water System, LA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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 Town Of Benton Water System
Town Of Benton Water System serves about 8,037 people through 2,679 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 surface water, in Bossier Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1015002; phone on file: 318-965-2781. 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 2022 (1 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Town Of Benton Water System is 1 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 1 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. Town Of Benton Water System's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 40th percentile in Louisiana and the 36th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
18 other systems share Bossier Parish County; 6 of them have a higher latest lead result than Town Of Benton Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Bossier City Water System | 79,506 | 1 ppb |
| Village Water System | 24,813 | 0 (not detected) |
| Barksdale Afb Water System | 13,000 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cypress Black Bayou Water System | 5,520 | 1.2 ppb |
| Town Of Haughton Water System | 5,355 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sligo Water System Incorporated | 2,850 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Plain Dealing Water System | 2,346 | 1 ppb |
| West Central Bossier Water System | 1,771 | 0 (not detected) |
| South Bossier Water System | 1,755 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bellevue Water System | 1,236 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Benton, LA
Look up your address in Town Of Benton Water System'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 Town Of Benton 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.