Is New Orleans Station, LA tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving New Orleans Station has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Dalcour Waterworks District.
Belle Chasse Water District, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 17.6 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 New Orleans Station’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Belle Chasse Water District
Louisiana · serves 19,644 people · about 1,400 in New Orleans Station
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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Dalcour Waterworks District
Louisiana · serves 1,248 people · about 310 in New Orleans Station
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.0 ppb, above the health goal.
9 health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near New Orleans Station
The 3 labs Louisiana certifies closest to New Orleans Station, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Curtis Environmental Services, Inc.
LaPlace, LA · about 34 miles
Certified for minerals and other inorganics, disinfection byproducts
Water Test, Inc.
Covington, LA · about 44 miles
Certified for bacteria
LDH Amite Regional Laboratory
Amite, LA · about 68 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in New Orleans Station
Which ZIP codes are in New Orleans Station: 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 New Orleans Station
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Belle Chasse Water District’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