Town Of Kinder Water System, LA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 ppb (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. 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 Kinder Water System
Town Of Kinder Water System serves about 3,195 people through 1,065 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 Allen Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1003005; phone on file: 337-738-2620. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Town Of Kinder Water System's lead record
Against the period ending 2022 (2 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Town Of Kinder Water System is 3 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 ppb |
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2016 | 3 ppb |
How Town Of Kinder 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 Kinder Water System's 2 ppb sits at the 79th percentile in Louisiana and the 72nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Allen Parish County
9 other systems share Allen Parish County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Town Of Kinder Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Southwest Allen Ww District No 2 | 8,106 | 0.64 ppb |
| City Of Oakdale Water System | 6,114 | 0 (not detected) |
| West Allen Parish Water System | 3,582 | 1 ppb |
| East Allen Parish Water Works | 3,030 | 1.4 ppb |
| Town Of Oberlin Water System | 2,730 | 0 (not detected) |
| Northwest Allen Parish Ww District | 1,767 | 4 ppb |
| South Oakdale Water System | 1,434 | 0 (not detected) |
| Allen Parish Ww District No 1 | 1,266 | 0.37 ppb |
| Village Of Elizabeth Water System | 1,005 | 1 ppb |
Next steps for Kinder, LA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Kinder, 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 Kinder 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.