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Is Timberlane, LA tap water safe?

4 utilities serve Timberlane, 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 4 utilities serving Timberlane have a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: W Jefferson Ww District 2 and New Orleans Algiers Water Works.

W Jefferson Ww District 2, which serves the most people here, has 1 result above the legal limit and 3 results above the health goal. The worst: Haloacetic acids (HAA5) at 33.5 ppb, above the legal limit.

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 Timberlane’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 W Jefferson Ww District 2’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 Timberlane

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 3 labs Louisiana certifies closest to Timberlane, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.

  • Curtis Environmental Services, Inc.

    LaPlace, LA · about 31 miles

    Certified for minerals and other inorganics, disinfection byproducts

  • Water Test, Inc.

    Covington, LA · about 40 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (985) 892-8329

  • LDH Amite Regional Laboratory

    Amite, LA · about 64 miles

    Certified for bacteria

    (985) 748-2011

All 48 certified labs for Louisiana

ZIP codes in Timberlane

Which ZIP codes are in Timberlane: 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 Timberlane

Towns nearby with a page of their own.

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