Utilities Inc- Springfield Area, LA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 1 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.
Utilities Inc- Springfield Area at a glance
Utilities Inc- Springfield Area serves about 1,914 people through 638 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Livingston Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1063024; phone on file: 985-705-4696. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
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 Utilities Inc- Springfield Area is 4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 ppb |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 2 ppb |
| 2018 | 4 ppb |
How Utilities Inc- Springfield Area 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. Utilities Inc- Springfield Area's 1 ppb sits at the 60th percentile in Louisiana and the 54th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
22 other systems share Livingston Parish County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Utilities Inc- Springfield Area. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Ward Ii Water District | 78,147 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of Denham Springs Water System | 25,725 | 1 ppb |
| Town Of Walker Water System | 15,813 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Livingston Water System | 8,946 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Albany Water System | 7,305 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fourth Ward Water Works | 4,839 | 0 (not detected) |
| Colyell Community Water | 4,544 | 0 (not detected) |
| Utilities Inc- Whitehall/ Head Of Island | 2,676 | 0.98 ppb |
| Utilities Inc - French Settlement | 2,313 | 1 ppb |
| Diversion Water- Water Front West | 1,548 | 3.2 ppb |
Your move
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- Springfield Area 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.