Town Of Elton Water System, LA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 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.
Town Of Elton Water System at a glance
Town Of Elton Water System serves about 1,512 people through 504 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 Jefferson Davis Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1053001; phone on file: 337-584-2312. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Town Of Elton Water System's lead record
That is up 2 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2020. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Town Of Elton Water System is 2 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
How Town Of Elton 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 Elton Water System's 2 ppb sits at the 77th percentile in Louisiana and the 72nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Jefferson Davis Parish County
7 other systems share Jefferson Davis Parish County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Town Of Elton 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 Jennings Water System | 9,837 | 2 ppb |
| Jeff Davis Water And Sewer Commission 1 | 9,780 | 1 ppb |
| Jeff Davis Central Waterworks District | 5,709 | 4.2 ppb |
| Town Of Welsh Water System | 4,311 | 3 ppb |
| Jeff Davis Water District 4 | 4,194 | 1.4 ppb |
| Town Of Lake Arthur Water System | 2,706 | 0 (not detected) |
| Village Of Fenton Water System | 226 | 17 ppb |
Next steps for Elton, LA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Elton, 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 Elton 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.