Town Of Simmesport Water System, LA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
Who runs the water here
Town Of Simmesport Water System serves about 2,142 people through 714 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 Avoyelles Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1009014; phone on file: 337-344-1188. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Town Of Simmesport Water System is 4 ppb across 3 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 4 ppb |
Against other Louisiana systems
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 Simmesport Water System's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 28th percentile in Louisiana and the 31st nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Avoyelles Parish County
16 other systems share Avoyelles Parish County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Town Of Simmesport 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 Marksville Water System | 7,593 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fifth Ward Water System | 5,676 | 2 ppb |
| Town Of Bunkie Water System | 5,169 | 1 ppb |
| Village Of Plaucheville Water System | 4,233 | 0 (not detected) |
| Avoyelles Parish Waterworks District 1 | 3,900 | 1 ppb |
| Brouillette Water System Inc | 3,732 | 0 (not detected) |
| Avoyelles Ward One Water System Inc | 3,726 | 2 ppb |
| Village Of Hessmer Water System | 3,246 | 0.25 ppb |
| Town Of Cottonport Water System | 3,120 | 0 (not detected) |
| Avoyelles Ward 3 Waterworks District | 2,619 | 1.4 ppb |
Next steps for Simmesport, LA
Look up your address in Town Of Simmesport Water System's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your 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 Simmesport 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.