Town Of Cottonport 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.
Town Of Cottonport Water System at a glance
Town Of Cottonport Water System serves about 3,120 people through 1,040 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 Avoyelles Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1009005; phone on file: 318-876-3485. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Every lead result on file
That is down 4 ppb from 4 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Town Of Cottonport Water System is 4 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2022 | 4 ppb |
| 2019 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 1 ppb |
| 2016 | 1 ppb |
| 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 Cottonport Water System's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 32nd percentile in Louisiana and the 33rd nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Avoyelles Parish County
16 other systems share Avoyelles Parish County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Town Of Cottonport 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 Marksville Water System | 7,593 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fifth Ward Water System | 5,676 | 2 ppb |
| Town Of Bunkie Water System | 5,169 | 1 ppb |
| Village Of Plaucheville Water System | 4,233 | 0 (not detected) |
| Avoyelles Parish Waterworks District 1 | 3,900 | 1 ppb |
| Brouillette Water System Inc | 3,732 | 0 (not detected) |
| Avoyelles Ward One Water System Inc | 3,726 | 2 ppb |
| Village Of Hessmer Water System | 3,246 | 0.25 ppb |
| Avoyelles Ward 3 Waterworks District | 2,619 | 1.4 ppb |
| Village Of Evergreen Water System | 2,205 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Look up your address in Town Of Cottonport 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 Cottonport 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.