Lafayette Parish, LA
drinking water quality
254,241 residents · 62 public water systems · 11 ZIP codes
EPA sampled 10 of 62 public water systems here, together serving about 242,940 people. Last sampled 9/30/2024.
Health-based violations
Separately from PFAS, EPA records 80 health-based violations across 19 of the parish’s water systems since 2020, the most recent in 2026. They involved contaminant 0700, lead and copper, E. coli, contaminant 0999.
What this means
PFAS are industrial chemicals that EPA describes as breaking down only very slowly in the environment. In April 2024 EPA set the first enforceable national limits: 4 ng/L for PFOA and PFOS, 10 ng/L for PFHxS, PFNA and GenX.
These figures are county-level and come from EPA’s sampling of public water systems. They describe the worst result found in the county, not what comes out of any particular tap — that depends on which system serves the address, and on the plumbing in the building. A private well is not covered by this programme at all.
ZIP codes in Lafayette Parish
70501 · 70503 · 70506 · 70507 · 70508 · 70518 · 70520 · 70529 · 70558 · 70583 · 70592
Readings are parish-level, so every ZIP here shares the figure above. Search your ZIP on the map to see it in context.