Is Ossun, LA tap water safe?
The short answer
3 of the 5 utilities serving Ossun have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: City of Scott Water System, Lpwdn North Region and City of Carencro Water System.
City of Scott Water System, which serves the most people here, has nothing above a health goal in EPA’s and CDC’s records. That data covers what its report lists, not everything.
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 Ossun’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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City of Scott Water System
Louisiana · serves 9,696 people · about 300 in Ossun
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Lpwdn North Region
Louisiana · serves 16,833 people · about 290 in Ossun
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 0.5 ppb, above the health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Lafayette Utilities Water System
Louisiana · serves 169,389 people · about 260 in Ossun
1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 37.4 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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City of Carencro Water System
Louisiana · serves 11,301 people · about 160 in Ossun
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 0.63 ppb, above the health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Town of Duson Water System
Louisiana · serves 2,190 people · under 100 in Ossun
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Ossun
The 3 labs Louisiana certifies closest to Ossun, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
SGS North America, Inc. - Scott
Scott, LA · about 4 miles
Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
Element Materials Technology Lafayette, LLC
Lafayette, LA · about 10 miles
Certified for lead and copper, metals
LDH Central Laboratory
Baton Rouge, LA · about 54 miles
Certified for bacteria
Which ZIP codes are in Ossun: 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 Ossun
Other towns in Lafayette Parish with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read City of Scott Water System’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Decide if you want a filter at allA filter for taste or chlorine is a preference, not a need. The standards say what each kind can do.NSF/ANSI standards, decoded
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water