Town Of Colfax, LA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 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.
Town Of Colfax at a glance
Town Of Colfax serves about 2,552 people through 827 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Grant Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1043002; phone on file: 318-627-3711. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Town Of Colfax's lead record
That is up 2 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Town Of Colfax is 3 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 ppb |
| 2023 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2022 | 3 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 1 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. Town Of Colfax's 2 ppb sits at the 78th percentile in Louisiana and the 72nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Grant Parish County
12 other systems share Grant Parish County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Town Of Colfax. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| South Grant Water Corporation | 5,289 | 1 ppb |
| Pollock Area Water System Inc | 3,900 | 1.2 ppb |
| West Grant Water Association | 3,324 | 3 ppb |
| Central Grant Water System | 2,250 | 0 (not detected) |
| Red Hill Waterworks Inc. | 1,914 | 1.3 ppb |
| Town Of Pollock Water System | 1,353 | 0 (not detected) |
| Zone 2 Water System Inc. | 1,344 | 4.5 ppb |
| Village Of Montgomery Water System | 1,167 | 0 (not detected) |
| Village Of Dry Prong Water System | 1,155 | 6 ppb |
| Bob Community Waterworks | 732 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Colfax, LA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Colfax, 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 Colfax whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 3500 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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.