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Is Lafayette, LA tap water safe?

15 utilities serve Lafayette, 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.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

8 of the 15 utilities serving Lafayette 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 Scott Water System, Lpwdn North Region, City of Carencro Water System and 5 more.

Lafayette Utilities Water System, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 37.4 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 Lafayette’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

5 more utilities in Lafayette

By EPA’s estimate, each serves fewer people in Lafayette than those above.

Water testing near Lafayette

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 Lafayette, 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 4 miles

    Certified for lead and copper, metals

  • SGS North America, Inc. - Scott

    Scott, LA · about 6 miles

    Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts

  • LDH Central Laboratory

    Baton Rouge, LA · about 54 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (225) 219-5200

All 48 certified labs for Louisiana

ZIP codes in Lafayette

Which ZIP codes are in Lafayette: 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 Lafayette

Other towns in Lafayette Parish with a page of their own.

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