Village Of Parks Water System, LA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (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. The latest 90th-percentile result was reported as 0 (not detected at the lab's limit). That says the sampled homes were low, not that your home has no lead service line. Check your utility's service line inventory for your address.
About Village Of Parks Water System
Village Of Parks Water System serves about 12,801 people through 4,267 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in St. Martin Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1099008; phone on file: 337-845-4139. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Village Of Parks Water System's lead record
That is down 2 ppb from 2 ppb in the period ending 2025. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Village Of Parks Water System is 4 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2025 | 2 ppb |
| 2022 | 4 ppb |
| 2019 | 3 ppb |
| 2016 | 1 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. Village Of Parks Water System's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 42nd percentile in Louisiana and the 38th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Neighbouring systems
13 other systems share St. Martin Parish County; 9 of them have a higher latest lead result than Village Of Parks Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Cecilia Water Corporation | 12,420 | 3 ppb |
| Bayou Teche Water Works | 10,137 | 3 ppb |
| City Of Breaux Bridge Water System | 10,098 | 0 (not detected) |
| City Of St. Martinville Water System | 7,263 | 7 ppb |
| Henderson Nina Water System Inc | 6,010 | 4.6 ppb |
| United Water System | 4,446 | 2 ppb |
| Town Of Arnaudville Water System | 3,957 | 0 (not detected) |
| St Martin Water Works District 3 - Cade | 3,249 | 0 (not detected) |
| St Martin Water District 4 - Catahoula | 3,000 | 1 ppb |
| St Martin Water And Sewer Commission 1 | 2,262 | 1 ppb |
Next steps for Parks, LA
Look up your address in Village Of Parks Water System's service line inventory. If it says lead, galvanized or unknown, test your tap. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask Village Of Parks 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. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Small systems behave differently: why small systems go over more often.