Utilities Inc - North Folsom Hills, LA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 4 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.
Utilities Inc - North Folsom Hills at a glance
Utilities Inc - North Folsom Hills serves about 81 people through 27 service connections, which makes it a very small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Washington Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1117026; phone on file: 985-705-4696. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
That is up 3 ppb from 1 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Utilities Inc - North Folsom Hills is 4 ppb across 8 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 ppb |
| 2023 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 3 ppb |
| 2017 | 1 ppb |
| 2016 | 1 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. Utilities Inc - North Folsom Hills's 4 ppb sits at the 91st percentile in Louisiana and the 87th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Washington Parish County
11 other systems share Washington Parish County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Utilities Inc - North Folsom Hills. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Bogalusa Water System | 14,000 | 2 ppb |
| Varnado Water Works | 4,230 | 0 (not detected) |
| Bogue-Lusa Water Works District | 4,200 | 1.6 ppb |
| Town Of Franklinton Water System | 4,150 | 0 (not detected) |
| Rural Franklinton Water | 3,450 | 0 (not detected) |
| Mount Hermon Water District | 1,107 | 0 (not detected) |
| Varnado Water Works - Pine | 840 | 1 ppb |
| Village Of Angie Water Supply | 400 | 1 ppb |
| Willa Villa Mobile Home | 161 | 1 ppb |
| Ron Son Bear | 96 | 2 ppb |
Next steps for Mandeville, LA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Mandeville, 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 Utilities Inc - North Folsom Hills 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.