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Town of Kentwood Water System

What EPA’s and CDC’s records show in this utility’s water: nitrate, arsenic and other regulated chemicals; lead and copper; and violations since 2016, with the certification that handles each result.

Serves
2,205 people
Connections
995
Water source
Groundwater
Based in
Kentwood, LA
County
Tangipahoa Parish
Owner
Local government
The ZIP code it serves

70444

The short answer

1 result is above the health goal. The worst: Lead, above the health goal. 16 health-based violations since 2016.

What handles it

What was found

Lead and copper: EPA SDWIS monitoring periods ending 1994 to 2024.

Copper: EPA’s file records a utility’s copper only when it exceeds the action level. The last here was 3.9 ppm, for the period ending Jan. 1, 1994. None since is on file, so it is not counted as a current finding.

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5) and nitrate: Louisiana’s yearly averages per water system, as CDC’s Environmental Public Health Tracking Network publishes them, 2020 to 2022, with EPA’s 2012 to 2019 file for earlier years.

Chromium (total), fluoride, arsenic and uranium: EPA’s compliance monitoring file, samples taken from April 30, 2012 to May 15, 2018. Newer results are in the utility’s annual water quality report.

Above the health goal1

Lead

Comes from pipes, often your own

Above the health goal

8.0ppb

90th percentile, 2022 to 2024

In the latest period, 9 in 10 homes sampled were at or below 8.0 ppb, below EPA’s action level of 15 ppb. The action level drops to 10 ppb on Nov. 1, 2027. EPA’s health goal for lead is zero.

What handles it

Below EPA’s limits4

Chromium (total)

Comes from the source

Below EPA’s limits

14ppb

Highest yearly average, 2012 to 2018

2018: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 14 ppb, in 2015, below EPA’s legal limit of 100 ppb. Its highest single sample was 28 ppb. In 2018, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found in any of its three samples.

What handles it

Fluoride

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.093ppm

Highest yearly average, 2012 to 2018

2018 average: 0.067 ppm

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.093 ppm, in 2015, below EPA’s legal limit of 4.0 ppm. Its highest single sample was 0.1 ppm. In 2018, the latest year on file, its three samples averaged 0.067 ppm.

What handles it

Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.24ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2022

2022: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.24 ppb, in 2020, below EPA’s legal limit of 80 ppb. In 2022, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 0.5 ppb, in 2019.

What handles it

  • NSF/ANSI 53 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”
  • NSF/ANSI 58 look for “Trihalomethanes (TTHM) Reduction”

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Forms or is added in treatment

Below EPA’s limits

0.15ppb

Highest yearly average, 2020 to 2022

2022: not found

Averaged by year, the highest was 0.15 ppb, in 2020, below EPA’s legal limit of 60 ppb. In 2022, the latest year on file, it wasn’t found. Earlier, from 2012 to 2019, EPA’s file shows a highest yearly average of 1.9 ppb, in 2018.

What handles it

No certification claim covers this compound yet.

3 compounds tested and not foundBelow the reporting level in every sample. Not found is not the same as zero.
  • Arsenic
  • Nitrate
  • Uranium

What handles it

A certification covers specific claims, not a whole standard. Look for these claims on the certifier’s listing, not the box. Wording varies a little: NSF writes “Lead Reduction,” WQA just “Lead.”

At the tap, or for the whole house?

Lead and copper usually come from pipes and fixtures inside or near your home. A whole-house system sits where water enters, so it cannot catch what your own plumbing adds after it. For those, the filter that counts is the one at the tap. How whole-house systems compare.

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Violations since 2016

Contaminant or ruleTypePeriodMeasuredStatus
Groundwater RuleA significant problem found in a state inspection was not fixed on time.EPA: Failure To Address DeficiencyMay 27, 2026—Unaddressed
Groundwater RuleA significant problem found in a state inspection was not fixed on time.EPA: Failure To Address DeficiencyMay 27, 2026—Unaddressed
Groundwater RuleA significant problem found in a state inspection was not fixed on time.EPA: Failure To Address DeficiencyMay 27, 2026—Unaddressed
Groundwater RuleA significant problem found in a state inspection was not fixed on time.EPA: Failure To Address DeficiencyMay 27, 2026—Unaddressed
Groundwater RuleA significant problem found in a state inspection was not fixed on time.EPA: Failure To Address DeficiencyMay 27, 2026—Unaddressed
Groundwater RuleA significant problem found in a state inspection was not fixed on time.EPA: Failure To Address DeficiencyMay 27, 2026—Unaddressed
Groundwater RuleA significant problem found in a state inspection was not fixed on time.EPA: Failure To Address DeficiencyMay 27, 2026—Unaddressed
Lead and Copper Rule RevisionsThe required inventory of lead service lines was not completed or submitted on time.EPA: LSL InventoryOct. 17, 2024—Resolved
Groundwater RuleA significant problem found in a state inspection was not fixed on time.EPA: Failure To Address DeficiencyAug. 16, 2021—Resolved
Groundwater RuleA significant problem found in a state inspection was not fixed on time.EPA: Failure To Address DeficiencyAug. 16, 2021—Resolved
Groundwater RuleA significant problem found in a state inspection was not fixed on time.EPA: Failure To Address DeficiencyAug. 16, 2021—Resolved
Groundwater RuleA significant problem found in a state inspection was not fixed on time.EPA: Failure To Address DeficiencyAug. 16, 2021—Resolved
Groundwater RuleA significant problem found in a state inspection was not fixed on time.EPA: Failure To Address DeficiencyAug. 16, 2021—Resolved
Groundwater RuleA significant problem found in a state inspection was not fixed on time.EPA: Failure To Address DeficiencyAug. 16, 2021—Resolved
Groundwater RuleA significant problem found in a state inspection was not fixed on time.EPA: Failure To Address DeficiencyDec. 14, 2018—Resolved
Groundwater RuleA significant problem found in a state inspection was not fixed on time.EPA: Failure To Address DeficiencyDec. 14, 2018—Resolved
Health-based violations only. Resolved and archived mean the utility returned to compliance or the state closed the record. 4 monitoring or reporting violations not shown.

What this report can’t tell you

  • Everything else. Total trihalomethanes (TTHM), haloacetic acids (HAA5) and nitrate results here are Louisiana’s yearly averages as CDC publishes them, from 2020 on, with EPA’s national file for 2012 to 2019. Chromium (total), fluoride, arsenic and uranium come from EPA’s file alone, which ends in 2019. Town of Kentwood Water System’s own annual report, which it must send you every year, has newer results for those and the contaminants this page does not show.

  • Your own plumbing. Lead results are the 90th percentile across homes the utility samples. Your home’s service line, solder and fixtures decide yours. A certified lab test is the only way to know.

  • What it means for your health. This page reports what the records show and EPA’s limits and goals; it is not medical advice. If you are worried about a health effect, talk to a doctor or your local health department.

  • Anything after the latest data. SDWIS data is from 2026 Q3; UCMR 5 didn’t sample this utility; CDC’s yearly averages for Louisiana cover 2020 to 2022; EPA’s compliance samples are from April 30, 2012 to May 15, 2018.

Testing your own tap

Town of Kentwood Water System’s results are for the water it sends out. What your own service line, solder and fixtures add shows up only in a test of your tap, by a lab Louisiana certifies.

The 3 labs Louisiana certifies closest to the area Town of Kentwood Water System serves, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • LDH Amite Regional Laboratory

    Amite, LA · about 11 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (985) 748-2011

  • Water Test, Inc.

    Covington, LA · about 36 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (985) 892-8329

  • Curtis Environmental Services, Inc.

    LaPlace, LA · about 51 miles

    Certified for minerals and other inorganics, disinfection byproducts

All 48 certified labs for Louisiana

Sources

PWSID LA1105014. Rebuilt from EPA data on Oct. 18, 2026.

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