Village Of Epps Water System, LA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 9 ppb (monitoring period 2026-2026). 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.
About Village Of Epps Water System
Village Of Epps Water System serves about 594 people through 198 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in West Carroll Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1123001; phone on file: 318-926-5224. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is up 7.4 ppb from 1.6 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Village Of Epps Water System is 9 ppb across 9 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 ppb |
| 2025 | 1.6 ppb |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2023 | 2 ppb |
| 2023 | 5 ppb |
| 2022 | 6 ppb |
| 2019 | 2 ppb |
| 2016 | 2 ppb |
How Village Of Epps Water System 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. Village Of Epps Water System's 9 ppb sits at the 99th percentile in Louisiana and the 97th nationally (higher means more lead).
Nearby utilities
6 other systems share West Carroll Parish County; 0 of them have a higher latest lead result than Village Of Epps Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| New Carroll Water System | 3,507 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Oak Grove Water System | 2,955 | 5 ppb |
| Pioneer Darnell Water System | 2,190 | 1 ppb |
| Goodwill Water System | 1,929 | 4.2 ppb |
| Fiske Union Water System | 1,830 | 3.8 ppb |
| Village Of Forest Water System | 1,560 | 2 ppb |
Next steps for Epps, LA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Epps, 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 Village Of Epps Water System whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1540 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.