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Is New Orleans Station, LA tap water safe?

2 utilities serve New Orleans Station, 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

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.

Water testing near New Orleans Station

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 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

    (985) 892-8329

  • LDH Amite Regional Laboratory

    Amite, LA · about 68 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (985) 748-2011

All 48 certified labs for Louisiana

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.