Is Hodge, LA tap water safe?
The short answer
4 of the 4 utilities serving Hodge have 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 Hodge Water System, Village of East Hodge Water System, Village of North Hodge Water System and 1 more.
Village of Hodge Water System, 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 Hodge’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Village of Hodge Water System
Louisiana · serves 479 people · about 150 in Hodge
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
- Open report
Village of East Hodge Water System
Louisiana · serves 369 people · under 100 in Hodge
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.0 ppb, above the health goal.
12 health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Village of North Hodge Water System
Louisiana · serves 429 people · under 100 in Hodge
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.0 ppb, above the health goal.
11 health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Southeast Hodge Water System
Louisiana · serves 111 people · based in Hodge
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.0 ppb, above the health goal.
10 health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Hodge
The 2 labs Louisiana certifies closest to Hodge, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
LDH Shreveport Regional Laboratory
Shreveport, LA · about 62 miles
Certified for bacteria
LDH Rapides Regional Laboratory
Alexandria, LA · about 67 miles
Certified for bacteria
Which ZIP codes are in Hodge: 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 Hodge
Other towns in Jackson Parish with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Village of Hodge Water System’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