Town Of Rayville Water System, LA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 ppb (monitoring period 2020-2022). 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.
Who runs the water here
Town Of Rayville Water System serves about 4,842 people through 1,614 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 groundwater, in Richland Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1083006; phone on file: 318-728-2011. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2019 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Town Of Rayville Water System is 1 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 1 ppb |
How Town Of Rayville 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 Rayville Water System's 1 ppb sits at the 63rd percentile in Louisiana and the 55th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
8 other systems share Richland Parish County; 3 of them have a higher latest lead result than Town Of Rayville Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Archibald Water System | 4,200 | 1 ppb |
| Town Of Delhi Water Supply | 4,071 | 2 ppb |
| River Road Water System | 3,513 | 2.6 ppb |
| East Richland Ww District | 3,120 | 2.4 ppb |
| Start Water System | 2,514 | 0 (not detected) |
| Village Of Mangham Water System | 927 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bcc Detention Center Ws | 150 | 0.4 ppb |
| Richland Heights Subd Water System | 30 | 0 (not detected) |
Next steps for Rayville, LA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Rayville, 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 Rayville 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. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.