Is Pollock, LA tap water safe?
The short answer
3 of the 5 utilities serving Pollock have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: W Jefferson Ww District 2, Bob Community Waterworks and Southeast Grant Water System.
Town of Pollock 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 Pollock’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Town of Pollock Water System
Louisiana · serves 1,353 people · under 100 in Pollock
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
W Jefferson Ww District 2
Louisiana · serves 140,264 people · under 100 in Pollock
1 result above the legal limit and 3 results above the health goal. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 33.5 ppb, above the legal limit.
1 health-based violation since 2016
- Open report
Pollock Area Water System Inc
Louisiana · serves 3,900 people · under 100 in Pollock
2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 16 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Bob Community Waterworks
Louisiana · serves 732 people · under 100 in Pollock
1 result above the legal limit. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 38.9 ppb, above the legal limit.
5 health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Southeast Grant Water System
Louisiana · serves 567 people · based in Pollock
1 result above the action level and 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Copper at 1.6 ppm, above the action level.
4 health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Pollock
The 2 labs Louisiana certifies closest to Pollock, 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 19 miles
Certified for bacteria
JRTC & Fort Johnson Environmental Laboratory
Fort Polk, LA · about 57 miles
Certified for bacteria
Which ZIP codes are in Pollock: 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 Pollock
Other towns in Grant Parish with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Town of Pollock 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