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Is Greensburg, LA tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Greensburg, 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

1 of the 2 utilities serving Greensburg has 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 Greensburg Water System.

Village of Greensburg Water System, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 2.0 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 Greensburg’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 Village of Greensburg 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 Greensburg

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 Greensburg, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • LDH Amite Regional Laboratory

    Amite, LA · about 18 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (985) 748-2011

  • LDH Central Laboratory

    Baton Rouge, LA · about 38 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (225) 219-5200

  • Water Test, Inc.

    Covington, LA · about 45 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (985) 892-8329

All 48 certified labs for Louisiana

ZIP codes in Greensburg

Which ZIP codes are in Greensburg: 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 Greensburg

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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