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Is Simsboro, LA tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Simsboro, by EPA’s records. Here is what EPA’s and CDC’s records show for each, against the legal limits and the stricter health goals.

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The short answer

2 of the 2 utilities serving Simsboro 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 of Simsboro Water System and Fellowship Water System.

Village of Simsboro Water System, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Lead at 2.2 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 Simsboro’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.

What handles it

Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Village of Simsboro Water System’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Water testing near Simsboro

A utility tests the water it sends out. A test of your own tap shows what your pipes add, and on a private well it is the only test there is. It takes a lab Louisiana certifies.

The lab Louisiana certifies closest to Simsboro, 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 53 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (318) 676-7809

All 48 certified labs for Louisiana

ZIP codes in Simsboro

Which ZIP codes are in Simsboro: 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 Simsboro

Other towns in Bienville Parish with a page of their own.

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