Is Dry Prong, LA tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 2 utilities serving Dry Prong 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 Dry Prong Water System and Central Grant Water System.
Village of Dry Prong Water System, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 6.0 ppb, above the health goal. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.
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 Dry Prong’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Village of Dry Prong Water System
Louisiana · serves 1,155 people · under 100 in Dry Prong
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 6.0 ppb, above the health goal.
3 health-based violations since 2016
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Central Grant Water System
Louisiana · serves 2,250 people · based in Dry Prong
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 0.32 ppb, above the health goal.
15 health-based violations since 2016
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Village of Dry Prong Water System’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Aquasana SmartFlow Reverse Osmosis (AQ-SFRO2)
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Lead, Arsenic
Brondell Capella RC250 Reverse Osmosis System
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Lead, Arsenic
Water testing near Dry Prong
The 2 labs Louisiana certifies closest to Dry Prong, 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 23 miles
Certified for bacteria
JRTC & Fort Johnson Environmental Laboratory
Fort Polk, LA · about 55 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Dry Prong
Which ZIP codes are in Dry Prong: 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 Dry Prong
Other towns in Grant Parish with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Village of Dry Prong Water System’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for LeadRanked by certification and what they cost over five years.The best water filters for lead, ranked
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water