Veterans Administration, LA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 8.2 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
Veterans Administration serves about 1,330 people through 20 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is federally owned and draws groundwater, in Rapides Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1079028; phone on file: 318-466-2486. 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 2022 (8 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Veterans Administration is 10 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.2 ppb |
| 2022 | 8 ppb |
| 2019 | 10 ppb |
| 2016 | 6 ppb |
Where this result ranks
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. Veterans Administration's 8.2 ppb sits at the 98th percentile in Louisiana and the 96th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Rapides Parish County
21 other systems share Rapides Parish County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Veterans Administration. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Alexandria Water System | 66,798 | 2 ppb |
| City Of Pineville Water System | 20,358 | 2 ppb |
| Rapides Parish Waterworks District 3 | 19,983 | 0 (not detected) |
| Buckeye Water District 50 | 12,078 | 2 ppb |
| Rapides Island Water Association Inc | 5,658 | 0 (not detected) |
| Kolin Ruby Wise Waterwork District 11 A | 4,992 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Woodworth Water System | 4,818 | 2.2 ppb |
| Gardner Community Water System | 4,566 | 2 ppb |
| Village Of Forest Hill | 3,600 | 0 (not detected) |
| Lena Water System Inc | 3,417 | 3 ppb |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Alexandria, 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 Veterans Administration 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.