Vernon Parish Water And Sewer Commission, LA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 3.1 ppb (monitoring period 2023-2025). 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
Vernon Parish Water And Sewer Commission serves about 5,295 people through 1,765 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 Vernon Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1115071; phone on file: 337-537-1318. 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 1.1 ppb from 2 ppb in the period ending 2022. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Vernon Parish Water And Sewer Commission is 3.1 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.1 ppb |
| 2022 | 2 ppb |
| 2019 | 3 ppb |
| 2016 | 3 ppb |
How Vernon Parish Water And Sewer Commission 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. Vernon Parish Water And Sewer Commission's 3.1 ppb sits at the 91st percentile in Louisiana and the 83rd nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
14 other systems share Vernon Parish County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Vernon Parish Water And Sewer Commission. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Fort Polk South Water System | 10,902 | 1 ppb |
| City Of Leesville Water System | 10,545 | 1 ppb |
| Fort Polk North Water System | 9,420 | 1.1 ppb |
| East Central Vernon Water System | 6,363 | 2 ppb |
| West Vernon Parish Waterworks District | 4,365 | 0 (not detected) |
| South Vernon Parish Waterworks District | 4,083 | 2 ppb |
| Town Of New Llano Water System | 3,300 | 1 ppb |
| Town Of Hornbeck Water System | 2,730 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Rosepine Water System | 2,427 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fort Polk North Housing Water System | 2,155 | 0.72 ppb |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; New Llano, 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 Vernon Parish Water And Sewer Commission 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. What a 90th-percentile result does and does not tell you: how to read a lead result. Size matters more than most people expect: small vs large water systems.