Town Of Blanchard Water System, 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.
Town Of Blanchard Water System at a glance
Town Of Blanchard Water System serves about 16,488 people through 5,496 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws surface water, in Caddo Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1017006; phone on file: 318-929-7593. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2024 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Town Of Blanchard Water System is 3 ppb across 10 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 2 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 2 ppb |
| 2017 | 2 ppb |
| 2016 | 3 ppb |
| 2016 | 2 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 Blanchard Water System's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 43rd percentile in Louisiana and the 38th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
27 other systems share Caddo Parish County; 14 of them have a higher latest lead result than Town Of Blanchard 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 Shreveport Water System | 192,378 | 0.92 ppb |
| Waterworks District 7 | 5,889 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Greenwood Water System | 5,205 | 29 ppb |
| Pinehill Waterworks District | 4,926 | 6 ppb |
| Town Of Vivian Water System | 4,050 | 1.2 ppb |
| Town Of Oil City Water System | 2,169 | 1 ppb |
| Lakeview Water System | 2,025 | 11.3 ppb |
| Village Of Mooringsport Water System | 999 | 9 ppb |
| Village Of Hosston Water System | 729 | 2.2 ppb |
| Deepwoods Utilities Inc | 657 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Blanchard, LA
Look up your address in Town Of Blanchard 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 Blanchard 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.