Is Marksville, LA tap water safe?
The short answer
3 of the 5 utilities serving Marksville have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Lawco - Mansura Water System, Fifth Ward Water System and Spring Bayou Water Works District.
City of Marksville Water System, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 22.5 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 Marksville’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Marksville Water System
Louisiana · serves 7,593 people · about 120 in Marksville
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 22.5 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Lawco - Mansura Water System
Louisiana · serves 1,878 people · under 100 in Marksville
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 7.0 ppb, above the health goal.
2 health-based violations since 2016
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Fifth Ward Water System
Louisiana · serves 5,676 people · under 100 in Marksville
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 24.7 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Brouillette Water System Inc
Louisiana · serves 3,732 people · under 100 in Marksville
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 17.6 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Spring Bayou Water Works District
Louisiana · serves 864 people · under 100 in Marksville
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 0.67 ppb, above the health goal.
3 health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Marksville
The 3 labs Louisiana certifies closest to Marksville, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
LDH Rapides Regional Laboratory
Alexandria, LA · about 33 miles
Certified for bacteria
SGS North America, Inc. - Scott
Scott, LA · about 60 miles
Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
Element Materials Technology Lafayette, LLC
Lafayette, LA · about 67 miles
Certified for lead and copper, metals
Which ZIP codes are in Marksville: 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 Marksville
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Marksville 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