Is Choudrant, LA tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 3 utilities serving Choudrant have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Village of Choudrant Water System and Culbertson Water System.
Village of Choudrant 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 Choudrant’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Village of Choudrant Water System
Louisiana · serves 1,950 people · under 100 in Choudrant
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
8 health-based violations since 2016
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City of Ruston Water System
Louisiana · serves 22,468 people · under 100 in Choudrant
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.4 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Culbertson Water System
Louisiana · serves 3,300 people · based in Choudrant
1 result above the legal limit and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 77.7 ppb, above the legal limit.
18 health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Choudrant
The lab Louisiana certifies closest to Choudrant, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
LDH Shreveport Regional Laboratory
Shreveport, LA · about 68 miles
Certified for bacteria
Which ZIP codes are in Choudrant: 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 Choudrant
Other towns in Lincoln Parish with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Village of Choudrant 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