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Is Old Jefferson, LA tap water safe?

Baton Rouge Water Company serves Old Jefferson, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and CDC’s records show for it, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

Matched to your utility using EPA records.

The short answer

Baton Rouge Water Company serves Old Jefferson. In EPA’s and CDC’s records it has 2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark, and no health-based violation since 2016.

The worst: Lithium at 45.6 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.

Some homes in a town are on private wells or a small system of their own. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Baton Rouge Water Company’s water.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Old Jefferson

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 Old Jefferson, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • LDH Central Laboratory

    Baton Rouge, LA · about 13 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (225) 219-5200

  • Curtis Environmental Services, Inc.

    LaPlace, LA · about 36 miles

    Certified for minerals and other inorganics, disinfection byproducts

  • LDH Amite Regional Laboratory

    Amite, LA · about 39 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (985) 748-2011

All 48 certified labs for Louisiana

ZIP codes in Old Jefferson

Which ZIP codes are in Old Jefferson: 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 Old Jefferson

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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