Town Of Greenwood Water System, LA
Above the federal action level
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 29 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. In the most recent monitoring period, more than 10% of the sampled homes measured above 15 ppb. Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead for drinking and cooking now, and test your own tap.
Town Of Greenwood Water System at a glance
Town Of Greenwood Water System serves about 5,205 people through 1,735 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 Caddo Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1017014; phone on file: 318-938-7261. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 19 ppb from 10 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Town Of Greenwood Water System is 29 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 ppb over 15 |
| 2023 | 10 ppb |
| 2020 | 10 ppb |
| 2017 | 6 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 Greenwood Water System's 29 ppb sits at the 100th percentile in Louisiana and the 99th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
27 other systems share Caddo Parish County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Town Of Greenwood 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 |
| Town Of Blanchard Water System | 16,488 | 0 (not detected) |
| Waterworks District 7 | 5,889 | 0 (not detected) |
| 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 Greenwood, LA
Use a filter certified to NSF/ANSI 53 for lead on the tap you drink and cook from, now, before you test. Then test your own 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 Greenwood 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.