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Is Start, LA tap water safe?

2 utilities serve Start, 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

1 of the 2 utilities serving Start has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Town of Rayville Water System.

Start Water System, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the health goal. The worst: Arsenic at 2.6 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 Start’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 Start Water System’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.

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Every claim, and more filters, in the full report

Water testing near Start

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.

No lab Louisiana certifies is within 75 miles of Start on the state’s list. Some take samples by mail; the state’s page lists them all.

All 48 certified labs for Louisiana

ZIP codes in Start

Which ZIP codes are in Start: 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.

Near Start

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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