Is Red Chute, LA tap water safe?
The short answer
2 of the 2 utilities serving Red Chute have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Village Water System and Town of Haughton Water System.
Village Water System, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 41.2 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark. Health goals are stricter than legal limits and are not enforced.
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 Red Chute’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Village Water System
Louisiana · serves 24,813 people · about 730 in Red Chute
2 results above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 41.2 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
19 health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Town of Haughton Water System
Louisiana · serves 5,355 people · about 300 in Red Chute
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 53 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
8 health-based violations since 2016
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Village Water System’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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Countertop reverse osmosis
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic
Aquasana SmartFlow Reverse Osmosis (AQ-SFRO2)
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic
Brondell Capella RC250 Reverse Osmosis System
Under-sink reverse osmosis
- WQA listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 58NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 9, 2026
Certified for: Arsenic
Water testing near Red Chute
The lab Louisiana certifies closest to Red Chute, 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 14 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Red Chute
Which ZIP codes are in Red Chute: 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 Red Chute
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Village Water System’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- About LithiumWhat it does to health, where it comes from, and the certification claim that addresses it.About Lithium
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water