Is Duson, LA tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 4 utilities serving Duson has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Magnolia - Jackson Square.
Lpwd South, 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 Duson’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Lpwd South
Louisiana · serves 15,132 people · about 160 in Duson
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Town of Duson Water System
Louisiana · serves 2,190 people · under 100 in Duson
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Magnolia - Jackson Square
Louisiana · serves 825 people · under 100 in Duson
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
5 health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Ile Des Cannes Water System
Louisiana · serves 1,476 people · based in Duson
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Duson
The 3 labs Louisiana certifies closest to Duson, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
SGS North America, Inc. - Scott
Scott, LA · about 5 miles
Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
Element Materials Technology Lafayette, LLC
Lafayette, LA · about 9 miles
Certified for lead and copper, metals
LDH Central Laboratory
Baton Rouge, LA · about 61 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Duson
Which ZIP codes are in Duson: 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 Duson
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Lpwd South’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