Is Port Barre, LA tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 4 utilities serving Port Barre have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: St Landry Wwd 3 Port Barre Area D and St Landry Wwd 3 Port Barre Area B.
St Landry Wwd 3 Port Barre Area D, 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 Port Barre’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
St Landry Wwd 3 Port Barre Area D
Louisiana · serves 1,860 people · under 100 in Port Barre
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
1 health-based violation since 2016
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Town of Port Barre Water System
Louisiana · serves 3,828 people · under 100 in Port Barre
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 15.7 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
No health-based violations since 2016
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St Landry Wwd 3 Port Barre Area B
Louisiana · serves 516 people · under 100 in Port Barre
1 result above the legal limit. The worst: Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) at 56.8 ppb, above the legal limit.
6 health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
St Landry Wwd 3 Port Barre Area C
Louisiana · serves 351 people · based in Port Barre
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 0.35 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Port Barre
The 3 labs Louisiana certifies closest to Port Barre, 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 23 miles
Certified for nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics, organic chemicals, disinfection byproducts
Element Materials Technology Lafayette, LLC
Lafayette, LA · about 28 miles
Certified for lead and copper, metals
LDH Central Laboratory
Baton Rouge, LA · about 46 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Port Barre
Which ZIP codes are in Port Barre: 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 Port Barre
Other towns in St. Landry Parish with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read St Landry Wwd 3 Port Barre Area D’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