Village Of Harrisonburg Water System, LA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2.7 ppb (monitoring period 2025-2025). 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.
About Village Of Harrisonburg Water System
Village Of Harrisonburg Water System serves about 1,530 people through 510 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 Catahoula Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1025004; phone on file: 318-744-5794. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Lead results over time
That is down 1.3 ppb from 4 ppb in the period ending 2023. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Village Of Harrisonburg Water System is 12 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb (1 over 10 ppb).
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2023 | 4 ppb |
| 2020 | 4 ppb |
| 2017 | 12 ppb over 10 |
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. Village Of Harrisonburg Water System's 2.7 ppb sits at the 86th percentile in Louisiana and the 79th nationally (higher means more lead).
Neighbouring systems
6 other systems share Catahoula Parish County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than Village Of Harrisonburg Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Sandy Lake Water Supply | 3,141 | 2 ppb |
| Town Of Jonesville Water System | 2,811 | 8 ppb |
| Black River Water System | 2,256 | 0 (not detected) |
| Leland Water System Inc | 1,140 | 0 (not detected) |
| Village Of Sicily Island | 930 | 2 ppb |
| Maitland Water Works District | 900 | 1.1 ppb |
Next steps for Harrisonburg, LA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Harrisonburg, 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 Harrisonburg Water System 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. The action level is dropping - the 10 ppb rule from 2027.