Is Bordelonville, LA tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Bordelonville has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Avoyelles Parish Waterworks District 1.
Village of Moreauville Water System, 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 Bordelonville’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Village of Moreauville Water System
Louisiana · serves 1,725 people · under 100 in Bordelonville
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Avoyelles Parish Waterworks District 1
Louisiana · serves 3,900 people · under 100 in Bordelonville
2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 29 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
1 health-based violation since 2016
Water testing near Bordelonville
The 3 labs Louisiana certifies closest to Bordelonville, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
LDH Rapides Regional Laboratory
Alexandria, LA · about 44 miles
Certified for bacteria
SGS North America, Inc. - Scott
Scott, LA · about 58 miles
Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
LDH Central Laboratory
Baton Rouge, LA · about 58 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Bordelonville
Which ZIP codes are in Bordelonville: 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 Bordelonville
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Village of Moreauville Water System’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