Town Of Jonesville Water System, LA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 8 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.
About Town Of Jonesville Water System
Town Of Jonesville Water System serves about 2,811 people through 937 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 Catahoula Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1025006; phone on file: 318-339-8596. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Town Of Jonesville Water System's lead record
That is up 2 ppb from 6 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Town Of Jonesville Water System is 8 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 ppb |
| 2023 | 6 ppb |
| 2020 | 2 ppb |
| 2017 | 4 ppb |
How Town Of Jonesville 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 Jonesville Water System's 8 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in Louisiana and the 96th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
6 other systems share Catahoula Parish County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Town Of Jonesville Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Sandy Lake Water Supply | 3,141 | 2 ppb |
| Black River Water System | 2,256 | 0 (not detected) |
| Village Of Harrisonburg Water System | 1,530 | 2.7 ppb |
| Leland Water System Inc | 1,140 | 0 (not detected) |
| Village Of Sicily Island | 930 | 2 ppb |
| Maitland Water Works District | 900 | 1.1 ppb |
Next steps for Jonesville, LA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Jonesville, 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 Jonesville 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.