Is Carlyss, LA tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Carlyss has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: City of Sulphur Water System.
Calcasieu Parish Ww Dist 9 Carlyss, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 16.3 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. A health benchmark is a level EPA screens with, not a legal limit.
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 Carlyss’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Calcasieu Parish Ww Dist 9 Carlyss
Louisiana · serves 14,502 people · about 560 in Carlyss
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 16.3 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
City of Sulphur Water System
Louisiana · serves 24,489 people · under 100 in Carlyss
2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 37.9 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
1 health-based violation since 2016
Water testing near Carlyss
The 2 labs Louisiana certifies closest to Carlyss, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
LDH Lake Charles Regional Laboratory
Lake Charles, LA · about 16 miles
Certified for bacteria
JRTC & Fort Johnson Environmental Laboratory
Fort Polk, LA · about 65 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Carlyss
Which ZIP codes are in Carlyss: 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 Carlyss
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Calcasieu Parish Ww Dist 9 Carlyss’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About LithiumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Lithium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water