Village Of Sicily Island, LA
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 2 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.
Who runs the water here
Village Of Sicily Island serves about 930 people through 310 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: LA1025009; phone on file: 318-389-4472. They can tell you what your service line is made of and whether they pay to replace it.
Lead results over time
Against the period ending 2022 (3 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Village Of Sicily Island is 4 ppb across 4 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 ppb |
| 2022 | 3 ppb |
| 2019 | 4 ppb |
| 2016 | 2 ppb |
How Village Of Sicily Island 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 Sicily Island's 2 ppb sits at the 75th percentile in Louisiana and the 72nd nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Catahoula Parish County
6 other systems share Catahoula Parish County; 2 of them have a higher latest lead result than Village Of Sicily Island. 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) |
| Village Of Harrisonburg Water System | 1,530 | 2.7 ppb |
| Leland Water System Inc | 1,140 | 0 (not detected) |
| Maitland Water Works District | 900 | 1.1 ppb |
Next steps for Sicily Island, LA
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Sicily Island, 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 Sicily Island 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. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.