Village Of Provencal Water System, LA
Lead reported as not detected
Latest 90th-percentile lead: reported as 0 (not detected) (monitoring period 2022-2024). 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.
Who runs the water here
Village Of Provencal Water System serves about 705 people through 235 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 Natchitoches Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1069009; phone on file: 318-472-8767. Call that number and ask whether your address has a lead, galvanized or unknown service line.
Every lead result on file
Against the period ending 2024 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Village Of Provencal Water System is 0 ppb across 6 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2018 | 0 (not detected) |
How Village Of Provencal 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 Provencal Water System's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 15th percentile in Louisiana and the 24th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Other water systems in Natchitoches Parish County
11 other systems share Natchitoches Parish County; 7 of them have a higher latest lead result than Village Of Provencal 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 Natchitoches Water System | 26,910 | 0 (not detected) |
| Natchitoches Parish Wwks District 2 | 8,415 | 1 ppb |
| Town Of Campti Water System | 1,515 | 13 ppb |
| Bellwood Water System | 1,032 | 0 (not detected) |
| Hagewood Water System | 1,017 | 0 (not detected) |
| Creston Water System | 801 | 0 (not detected) |
| Sandy Point 480 Water System | 654 | 0.29 ppb |
| Village Of Clarence Water System | 612 | 1.2 ppb |
| Chestnut-Readhimer Water System | 564 | 1 ppb |
| Village Of Goldonna Water System | 540 | 2 ppb |
What to do in your house
Look up your address in Village Of Provencal 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 Provencal 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. A zero today does not rule out a jump later - the rules are tightening in 2027.