Is Belle Rose, LA tap water safe?
The short answer
3 of the 3 utilities serving Belle Rose have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Ascension Consolidated Utility Dist 1, Parish Utilities of Ascension and Assumption Parish Ww District 1.
Ascension Consolidated Utility Dist 1, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and CDC’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Belle Rose’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Ascension Consolidated Utility Dist 1
Louisiana · serves 2,229 people · about 170 in Belle Rose
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
4 health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Parish Utilities of Ascension
Louisiana · serves 9,732 people · about 160 in Belle Rose
1 result above the legal limit and 1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 56.8 ppb, above the legal limit.
8 health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Assumption Parish Ww District 1
Louisiana · serves 21,366 people · under 100 in Belle Rose
3 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 15.7 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
3 health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Belle Rose
The 3 labs Louisiana certifies closest to Belle Rose, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
LDH Central Laboratory
Baton Rouge, LA · about 26 miles
Certified for bacteria
Curtis Environmental Services, Inc.
LaPlace, LA · about 36 miles
Certified for minerals and other inorganics, disinfection byproducts
LDH Amite Regional Laboratory
Amite, LA · about 55 miles
Certified for bacteria
Which ZIP codes are in Belle Rose: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: LDH, laboratories certified by Louisiana for drinking water analysis; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.
Near Belle Rose
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Ascension Consolidated Utility Dist 1’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water