Is Jonesboro, LA tap water safe?
The short answer
4 of the 5 utilities serving Jonesboro have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Town of Jonesboro Water System, Weston Water System, Walker Community System and 1 more.
Town of Jonesboro Water System, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 16.9 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. A health benchmark is a level EPA screens with, not a legal limit.
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 Jonesboro’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Town of Jonesboro Water System
Louisiana · serves 6,231 people · about 120 in Jonesboro
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 16.9 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
35 health-based violations since 2016
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McDonald Water System
Louisiana · serves 675 people · under 100 in Jonesboro
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Weston Water System
Louisiana · serves 1,980 people · under 100 in Jonesboro
1 result above the legal limit and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 55.2 ppb, above the legal limit.
10 health-based violations since 2016
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Walker Community System
Louisiana · serves 417 people · based in Jonesboro
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.0 ppb, above the health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Shady Grove Water System
Louisiana · serves 180 people · based in Jonesboro
1 result above the limit’s level with no violation recorded and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 62.3 ppb, above the limit’s level, no violation.
1 health-based violation since 2016
Water testing near Jonesboro
The 2 labs Louisiana certifies closest to Jonesboro, 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 64 miles
Certified for bacteria
LDH Rapides Regional Laboratory
Alexandria, LA · about 65 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Jonesboro
Which ZIP codes are in Jonesboro: 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 Jonesboro
Other towns in Jackson Parish with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Town of Jonesboro 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