Is Jeanerette, LA tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 2 utilities serving Jeanerette 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 Jeanerette Water System and St Mary Par Jt Water Sewer Commission 5.
City of Jeanerette 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 26 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 Jeanerette’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
City of Jeanerette Water System
Louisiana · serves 6,189 people · about 130 in Jeanerette
2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 26 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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St Mary Par Jt Water Sewer Commission 5
Louisiana · serves 1,240 people · under 100 in Jeanerette
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.0 ppb, above the health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in City of Jeanerette Water System’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Aquasana SmartFlow Reverse Osmosis (AQ-SFRO2)
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Lead, Arsenic
Brondell Capella RC250 Reverse Osmosis System
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Lead, Arsenic
Water testing near Jeanerette
The 3 labs Louisiana certifies closest to Jeanerette, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Element Materials Technology Lafayette, LLC
Lafayette, LA · about 28 miles
Certified for lead and copper, metals
SGS North America, Inc. - Scott
Scott, LA · about 37 miles
Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
LDH Central Laboratory
Baton Rouge, LA · about 47 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Jeanerette
Which ZIP codes are in Jeanerette: 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 Jeanerette
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Jeanerette Water System’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About LithiumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Lithium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water