Caddo Parish Water Quality: 2 Cities Ranked by the Records

Name: Caddo Parish Water Quality Data (2026)
Creator: PurityMap
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Caddo Parish, Louisiana: 2 city reports built from EPA and utility records. A county has many suppliers; each city shows the system that serves it.

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Across the county's systems

Highest result for each contaminant

One row per contaminant: the highest result any system in the county reported, against its limit. Open a row for the systems behind it.

Lead (90th percentile)Detected in 1 system of 2 tested15 µg/L federal action level · US EPAHighest0.92 µg/L

CITY OF SHREVEPORT WATER SYSTEM0.92 µg/LMonitoring period: 2025–2025
TOWN OF BLANCHARD WATER SYSTEMNot detectedMonitoring period: 2022–2024

Perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA)Detected in 1 system of 2 testedNo federal or state limit; shown for transparencyHighest7.5 ng/L

CITY OF SHREVEPORT WATER SYSTEM7.5 ng/LSample date: 2023-06-13 to 2024-03-19
TOWN OF BLANCHARD WATER SYSTEMNot detected · below 5.0 ng/L lab reporting limitSample date: 2025-01-07 to 2025-10-08

29 substances tested, none detected in any systemShow

Tested in these 2 systems: CITY OF SHREVEPORT WATER SYSTEM, TOWN OF BLANCHARD WATER SYSTEM

11-Chloroeicosafluoro-3-oxaundecane-1-sulfonic acid (11Cl-PF3OUdS)
1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorodecane sulfonic acid (8:2 FTS)
1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (4:2 FTS)
1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (6:2 FTS)
4,8-Dioxa-3H-perfluorononanoic acid (ADONA)
9-Chlorohexadecafluoro-3-oxanone-1-sulfonic acid (9Cl-PF3ONS)
Hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA) (GenX chemicals)
Lithium
N-ethyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NEtFOSAA)
N-methyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NMeFOSAA)
Nonafluoro-3,6-dioxaheptanoic acid (NFDHA)
Perfluoro (2-ethoxyethane) sulfonic acid (PFEESA)
Perfluoro-3-methoxypropanoic acid (PFMPA)
Perfluoro-4-methoxybutanoic acid (PFMBA)
Perfluorobutanesulfonic acid (PFBS)
Perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA)
Perfluorododecanoic acid (PFDoA)
Perfluoroheptanesulfonic acid (PFHpS)
Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA)
Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS)
Perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA)
Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA)
Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS)
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)
Perfluoropentanesulfonic acid (PFPeS)
Perfluoropentanoic acid (PFPeA)
Perfluorotetradecanoic acid (PFTA)
Perfluorotridecanoic acid (PFTrDA)
Perfluoroundecanoic acid (PFUnA)

2 cities

Cities ranked by the records

1
BlanchardTOWN OF BLANCHARD WATER SYSTEM
No PFAS detected
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2
ShreveportCITY OF SHREVEPORT WATER SYSTEM
PFAS detected, within limitLead below action level
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Showing 2 of 2 cities · scores are system-level, not tap tests

Ranked by the Purity Score of each city's main water system, highest first. Scores belong to water systems; there is no county score. The score is computed only from contaminants measured in the published EPA record, so this ranks the record, not which city's water is safest. How the score works.

PFAS in Caddo ParishPFAS detected in 1 of 2 cities; none had a sample above a 2024 EPA limit

4.0 ng/L federal MCL · PFOS, ng/LPFAS in Louisiana

Lead

0of 2 cities above the 15 µg/L action level

Based on each system's 90th-percentile result. Lead from household plumbing isn't in this record.

Lead in Louisiana

Who supplies the county

Largest water systems

ShreveportCITY OF SHREVEPORT WATER SYSTEM · LA1017031
192,378 served
BlanchardTOWN OF BLANCHARD WATER SYSTEM · LA1017006
16,488 served

Questions

Frequently asked

How does Caddo Parish tap water compare across cities?

PurityMap ranks 2 cities in Caddo Parish by the Purity Score of each city's main water system, computed only from contaminants measured in the published EPA record. Scores belong to water systems, not to cities. The highest published score is Blanchard's main water system: TOWN OF BLANCHARD WATER SYSTEM · PWSID LA1017006 · Purity Score 94 (Excellent) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level. The ranking compares the records, not which city's water is safest, and your own tap can differ with household plumbing.

How many Caddo Parish cities had a PFAS sample above a 2024 EPA limit?

None of the 2 Caddo Parish city reports had a PFAS sample above a 2024 EPA limit in EPA's UCMR 5 testing. PFAS were detected below the limit in 1.

Is there lead in Caddo Parish tap water?

Utilities report lead as a 90th-percentile result from home taps. 1 of 2 Caddo Parish cities reported a value above zero, and none was above the 15 µg/L federal action level. Lead usually comes from a building's own pipes and fixtures, so only a test at your tap tells you what you drink.

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