Vixen Water System, LA
Exceeded the action level in the past
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 result is under the action level, but this system has gone over 15 ppb before. Lead comes from pipes, not the source water, so a home with a lead service line can still be exposed. Test your own tap.
Vixen Water System at a glance
Vixen Water System serves about 750 people through 250 service connections, which makes it a small system under EPA's size classes. It is privately owned and draws groundwater, in Caldwell Parish County, Louisiana. EPA system ID: LA1021011; phone on file: 318-435-5999. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
Vixen Water System's lead record
Against the period ending 2021 (0 ppb) the latest result is about the same. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for Vixen Water System is 17 ppb across 5 monitoring periods, 1 of them over the 15 ppb action level.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2021 | 0 (not detected) |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2020 | 1 ppb |
| 2018 | 17 ppb over 15 |
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. Vixen Water System's reported as 0 (not detected) sits at the 16th percentile in Louisiana and the 25th nationally (higher means more lead). Systems reporting 0 tie at the bottom, so the rank mostly reflects size among them.
Nearby utilities
10 other systems share Caldwell Parish County; 5 of them have a higher latest lead result than Vixen Water System. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Hebert Water System | 3,048 | 0 (not detected) |
| East Columbia Water System | 2,829 | 0 (not detected) |
| Columbia Heights Water District | 1,965 | 2.8 ppb |
| Village Of Grayson Water System | 1,461 | 0.81 ppb |
| Kelly Water District | 1,314 | 0.86 ppb |
| Holum Water System | 1,230 | 1 ppb |
| Wards 4 & 5 Water System | 1,002 | 5 ppb |
| Village Of Columbia Water System | 945 | 0 (not detected) |
| Town Of Clarks Water System | 906 | 0 (not detected) |
| Cotton Plant Water System | 783 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
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 Vixen 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. More in what a past exceedance means today.