Village Of Hessmer Water System, LA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.25 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.
About Village Of Hessmer Water System
Village Of Hessmer Water System serves about 3,246 people through 1,082 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 Avoyelles Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1009008; phone on file: 318-359-9000. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2022 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Village Of Hessmer Water System is 0.25 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.25 ppb |
| 2022 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2019 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2016 | 0 (not detected) |
How Village Of Hessmer 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 Hessmer Water System's 0.25 ppb sits at the 45th percentile in Louisiana and the 41st nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Avoyelles Parish County
16 other systems share Avoyelles Parish County; 8 of them have a higher latest lead result than Village Of Hessmer Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| City Of Marksville Water System | 7,593 | 0 (not detected) |
| Fifth Ward Water System | 5,676 | 2 ppb |
| Town Of Bunkie Water System | 5,169 | 1 ppb |
| Village Of Plaucheville Water System | 4,233 | 0 (not detected) |
| Avoyelles Parish Waterworks District 1 | 3,900 | 1 ppb |
| Brouillette Water System Inc | 3,732 | 0 (not detected) |
| Avoyelles Ward One Water System Inc | 3,726 | 2 ppb |
| Town Of Cottonport Water System | 3,120 | 0 (not detected) |
| Avoyelles Ward 3 Waterworks District | 2,619 | 1.4 ppb |
| Village Of Evergreen Water System | 2,205 | 0 (not detected) |
Your move
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Hessmer, 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 Hessmer 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.