Is Many, LA tap water safe?
The short answer
4 of the 4 utilities serving Many 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 Many Water System, Pendleton Water Association, Sabine Parish Water District 1 and 1 more.
Town of Many Water System, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the legal limit. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 59.3 ppb, above the 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 Many’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Town of Many Water System
Louisiana · serves 4,428 people · under 100 in Many
1 result above the legal limit. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 59.3 ppb, above the legal limit.
8 health-based violations since 2016
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Pendleton Water Association
Louisiana · serves 2,634 people · under 100 in Many
2 results above the legal limit and 2 results above the health goal. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 58.4 ppb, above the legal limit.
74 health-based violations since 2016
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Sabine Parish Water District 1
Louisiana · serves 7,833 people · under 100 in Many
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.0 ppb, above the health goal.
15 health-based violations since 2016
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South Toledo Bend Water District
Louisiana · serves 5,943 people · under 100 in Many
2 results above the legal limit. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 102 ppb, above the legal limit.
26 health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Many
The 3 labs Louisiana certifies closest to Many, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
JRTC & Fort Johnson Environmental Laboratory
Fort Polk, LA · about 38 miles
Certified for bacteria
LDH Rapides Regional Laboratory
Alexandria, LA · about 60 miles
Certified for bacteria
LDH Shreveport Regional Laboratory
Shreveport, LA · about 66 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Many
Which ZIP codes are in Many: 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 Many
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Town of Many Water System’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About Haloacetic acids (HAA5)What it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water