Is Lacombe, LA tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 5 utilities serving Lacombe has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Big Branch Trailer Park.
Lacombe Nursing Centre, 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 Lacombe’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Lacombe Nursing Centre
Louisiana · serves 150 people · nearly all in Lacombe
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Magnolia - Autumn Haven
Louisiana · serves 267 people · about 140 in Lacombe
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Magnolia - Brier Lake
Louisiana · serves 630 people · about 140 in Lacombe
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Forest Glen SD
Louisiana · serves 270 people · under 100 in Lacombe
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 2.7 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Big Branch Trailer Park
Louisiana · serves 92 people · under 100 in Lacombe
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.0 ppb, above the health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
Water testing near Lacombe
The 3 labs Louisiana certifies closest to Lacombe, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Water Test, Inc.
Covington, LA · about 15 miles
Certified for bacteria
Curtis Environmental Services, Inc.
LaPlace, LA · about 35 miles
Certified for minerals and other inorganics, disinfection byproducts
LDH Amite Regional Laboratory
Amite, LA · about 42 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Lacombe
Which ZIP codes are in Lacombe: 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 Lacombe
Other towns in St. Tammany Parish with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Lacombe Nursing Centre’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