Town Of Oak Grove Water System, LA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 5 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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 Oak Grove Water System at a glance
Town Of Oak Grove Water System serves about 2,955 people through 985 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 West Carroll Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1123006; phone on file: 318-428-3275. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Town Of Oak Grove Water System's lead record
That is up 5 ppb from 0 ppb in the period ending 2024. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Town Of Oak Grove Water System is 11 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 ppb |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 5 ppb |
| 2018 | 11 ppb over 10 |
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 Oak Grove Water System's 5 ppb sits at the 95th percentile in Louisiana and the 91st nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
6 other systems share West Carroll Parish County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Town Of Oak Grove Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| New Carroll Water System | 3,507 | 0 (not detected) |
| Pioneer Darnell Water System | 2,190 | 1 ppb |
| Goodwill Water System | 1,929 | 4.2 ppb |
| Fiske Union Water System | 1,830 | 3.8 ppb |
| Village Of Forest Water System | 1,560 | 2 ppb |
| Village Of Epps Water System | 594 | 9 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Oak Grove, 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 Oak Grove 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.