Is Quitman, LA tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 4 utilities serving Quitman have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: MT Olive Water System and Bear Creek Water System.
Punkin Center Hilltop WS, 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 Quitman’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Punkin Center Hilltop WS
Louisiana · serves 1,710 people · under 100 in Quitman
Nothing in its records is above a health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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Village of Quitman Water System
Louisiana · serves 648 people · under 100 in Quitman
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 1.0 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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MT Olive Water System
Louisiana · serves 600 people · based in Quitman
2 results above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.0 ppb, above the health goal.
18 health-based violations since 2016
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Bear Creek Water System
Louisiana · serves 435 people · based in Quitman
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 3.0 ppb, above the health goal.
4 health-based violations since 2016
Water testing near Quitman
The 2 labs Louisiana certifies closest to Quitman, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
LDH Shreveport Regional Laboratory
Shreveport, LA · about 59 miles
Certified for bacteria
LDH Rapides Regional Laboratory
Alexandria, LA · about 74 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Quitman
Which ZIP codes are in Quitman: 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 Quitman
Other towns in Bienville Parish with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Punkin Center Hilltop WS’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