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Is Hester, LA tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Hester, 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 Hester 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 James Water District 2 and Town of Lutcher Waterworks.

St James Water District 2, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 1.1 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 Hester’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 St James Water District 2’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 Hester

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 Hester, 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 21 miles

    Certified for minerals and other inorganics, disinfection byproducts

  • LDH Central Laboratory

    Baton Rouge, LA · about 38 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (225) 219-5200

  • Water Test, Inc.

    Covington, LA · about 47 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (985) 892-8329

All 48 certified labs for Louisiana

ZIP codes in Hester

Which ZIP codes are in Hester: 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 Hester

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