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Is Echo, LA tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Echo, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and CDC’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

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The short answer

2 of the 2 utilities serving Echo have 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 Alexandria Water System and Poland Water Association.

City of Alexandria Water System, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 95.2 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. 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 Echo’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in City of Alexandria Water System’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Water testing near Echo

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Louisiana certifies.

The 3 labs Louisiana certifies closest to Echo, 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

    (318) 487-5282

  • JRTC & Fort Johnson Environmental Laboratory

    Fort Polk, LA · about 63 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (337) 531-9128

  • SGS North America, Inc. - Scott

    Scott, LA · about 64 miles

    Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts

All 48 certified labs for Louisiana

ZIP codes in Echo

Which ZIP codes are in Echo: 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 Echo

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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