Varnado Water Works, LA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. 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.
About Varnado Water Works
Varnado Water Works serves about 4,230 people through 1,410 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 Washington Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1117006; phone on file: 985-735-1669. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 3 ppb from 3 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Varnado Water Works is 3 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 3 ppb |
| 2020 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2017 | 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. Varnado Water Works's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 35th percentile in Louisiana and the 34th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
11 other systems share Washington Parish County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Varnado Water Works. 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 |
| 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 |
| Utilities Inc - North Folsom Hills | 81 | 4 ppb |
Next steps for Angie, LA
Look up your address in Varnado Water Works'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 Varnado Water Works 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. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.