Is Rosepine, LA tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Rosepine has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: South Vernon Parish Waterworks District.
Town of Rosepine Water System, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 0.5 ppb, above the health goal. 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 Rosepine’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
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Town of Rosepine Water System
Louisiana · serves 2,427 people · about 1,200 in Rosepine
1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 0.5 ppb, above the health goal.
No health-based violations since 2016
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South Vernon Parish Waterworks District
Louisiana · serves 4,083 people · based in Rosepine
1 result above the health goal and 1 result above EPA’s health benchmark. The worst: Lithium at 16.8 ppb, above EPA’s health benchmark.
1 health-based violation since 2016
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Town of Rosepine 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 Rosepine
The 3 labs Louisiana certifies closest to Rosepine, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
JRTC & Fort Johnson Environmental Laboratory
Fort Polk, LA · about 13 miles
Certified for bacteria
LDH Lake Charles Regional Laboratory
Lake Charles, LA · about 44 miles
Certified for bacteria
LDH Rapides Regional Laboratory
Alexandria, LA · about 51 miles
Certified for bacteria
Which ZIP codes are in Rosepine: 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 Rosepine
Towns nearby with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Town of Rosepine Water System’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for ArsenicRanked by certification and what they cost over five years.The best reverse osmosis systems, ranked
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water