Short answer: In the 2021–2025 records we hold for Bogalusa, no listed result is above a legal limit, but 2 health-based violations are on record (EPA SDWIS). 1 substance was detected and 30 were tested and not detected. The water is from City of Bogalusa Water System, serving 14,000 residents.
CITY OF BOGALUSA WATER SYSTEM (EPA PWSID LA1117001) delivers groundwater to 14,000 residents. This report reflects 29 individual PFAS result(s) from the source UCMR5 observations and the latest Lead & Copper Rule 90th-percentile result. Water hardness and disinfectant type are pending the utility's own annual report.
Track record
2health-based violations in the last 10 years
From EPA SDWIS. Counted once per contaminant per year, as in the Track record score. All 12 EPA filings are listed below.
Not in this recordDisinfection by-products weren't monitored in this dataset
No result is not a pass. Your utility's annual water quality report may list them, and a certified lab test covers your own tap.
Health-based violations, last 10 years
Every filing is listed; the Track record score counts at most one per contaminant per year.
The record describes water leaving treatment and samples across the system. Pipes, solder and fixtures inside a building can add lead the record can’t see, especially in older buildings with lead service lines.
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Ask your utility first
Find out if your building has a lead service line
Water utilities keep an inventory of service-line materials. Ask City of Bogalusa Water System whether your address is on it before you replace pipes.
Your path: I live in an older buildingLead from plumbing is the main question
Older buildings may have lead service lines, solder or fixtures. Bogalusa’s record shows lead at 2 µg/L (15 µg/L federal action level). Test first-draw water, then filter if needed.
Your path: My water tastes of chlorineThe disinfectant is not in this record
Most utilities keep chlorine or chloramine in the pipes. A carbon filter certified for taste and odor reduces either; your utility can tell you which it uses.
PurityMap does not give a safe/unsafe verdict; it shows what the public records measured. For Bogalusa, no regulated PFAS were detected in EPA's 2024 testing; the lead 90th-percentile result was 2 µg/L against the 15 µg/L action level. CITY OF BOGALUSA WATER SYSTEM (PWSID LA1117001) has a Purity Score of 74/100 (confidence: moderate), assessed at the water-system level and computed only from contaminants that were measured. Water can change in your own pipes, so a certified test is the only way to know what comes out of your tap. What we found →
Who provides tap water in Bogalusa?+
CITY OF BOGALUSA WATER SYSTEM (PWS ID LA1117001) is the public water system on record for Bogalusa, Louisiana, serving about 14,000 people. Confirm the utility on your water bill before acting on a specific finding. Water utility →
Where does Bogalusa get its drinking water?+
Groundwater (primary source of record in EPA SDWIS). Water utility →
Are PFAS "forever chemicals" in Bogalusa's water?+
None of the 29 PFAS in EPA's UCMR 5 testing (2025-02-10) was detected. "Not detected" means below the lab's reporting limit, not proven zero. What we found →
Is there lead in Bogalusa's tap water?+
CITY OF BOGALUSA WATER SYSTEM's most recent lead 90th-percentile result (2021–2023) was 2 µg/L, below the 15 µg/L action level. That figure comes from sampled homes; lead usually enters from a building's own pipes and fixtures, so only a test at your tap tells you what you drink. Your household →
What does the latest Bogalusa water report show?+
PurityMap's current record for Bogalusa holds 31 findings: 1 detected within the reference and 30 not detected. Each finding links to its dated public record; a parameter that was never monitored is shown as pending, not as a pass. Records →
EPA SDWIS, EPA UCMR 5 and utility reports, each dated and linked.
02Normalize
Units converted to one basis; a non-detect kept distinct from zero.
03Classify
Each result tagged by reference type: MCL, action level, screening level or aesthetic.
04Compare to the named reference
Every value sits against its own reference, never a blended one.
05Score
Measured subjects summarised at the water-system level; an open health-based violation caps the score.
06Match treatment
Treatment is matched to what was found; a product is called certified only when its current certification names it.
What the Purity Score means: a summary of this water system’s published record, capped while a health-based violation is open. It is not a test of any tap. CITY OF BOGALUSA WATER SYSTEM · PWSID LA1117001 · Purity Score 74/100 (Fair) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level
Lead at City of Bogalusa Water System: 2 µg/L (90th percentile, 2021–2023 monitoring period). Lead has no taste, so a taste neither shows nor rules it out.
ZIP codes in Bogalusa
A ZIP code is a postal area, not a water service area. Your water bill names your supplier.