Is Garyville, LA tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 2 utilities serving Garyville have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: St John Water District 2 and St John Water District 1.
St John Water District 2, 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 Garyville’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
St John Water District 2
Louisiana · serves 3,702 people · about 1,600 in Garyville
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
- Open report
St John Water District 1
Louisiana · serves 10,484 people · about 1,600 in Garyville
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.0 ppb, above the health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
Water testing near Garyville
The 3 labs Louisiana certifies closest to Garyville, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Curtis Environmental Services, Inc.
LaPlace, LA · about 12 miles
Certified for minerals and other inorganics, disinfection byproducts
Water Test, Inc.
Covington, LA · about 39 miles
Certified for bacteria
LDH Central Laboratory
Baton Rouge, LA · about 42 miles
Certified for bacteria
Which ZIP codes are in Garyville: 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 Garyville
Other towns in St. John the Baptist Parish with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read St John Water District 2’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