Water Utility

City of Abbeville Water System

Location Abbeville, Louisiana,
LA
Serves 14,445
Source Groundwater
PWS ID LA1113001

Overview

Contaminants Detected

Arsenic

Potential Effect: Over Legal Limit
This Utility: 1.53 ppb Legal Limit: 10 ppb
383x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.004 ppb

Bromodichloromethane

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 9.47 ppb No Legal Limit
158x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.06 ppb
This Utility: 17.4 ppb No Legal Limit
35x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.5 ppb

Chloroform

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 3.11 ppb No Legal Limit
7.8x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.4 ppb

Chromium (hexavalent)*

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.238 ppb No Legal Limit
12x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.02 ppb
This Utility: 6.53 ppb No Legal Limit
218x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.03 ppb

Dibromochloromethane

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 21.4 ppb No Legal Limit
214x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.1 ppb
This Utility: 1.84 ppb No Legal Limit
9.2x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.2 ppb

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 9.47 ppb Legal Limit: 60 ppb
95x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.1 ppb

Haloacetic acids (HAA9)*

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 23.7 ppb No Legal Limit
394x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.06 ppb
This Utility: 0.325 ppm Legal Limit: 10 ppb
2.3x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.14 ppb

Radium, combined (-226 and -228)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.38 ppb Legal Limit: 5 ppb
7.7x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.05 ppb

Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 51.4 ppb Legal Limit: 80 ppb
343x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.15 ppb

Trichloroacetic acid

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.772 ppb No Legal Limit
7.7x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.1 ppb
This Utility: 153.3 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
600 ppb
This Utility: 170 ppb Legal Limit: 2000 ppb
EWG's Health Guideline:
700 ppb
This Utility: 0.2 ppm Legal Limit: 4 ppm
This Utility: 12.5 ppb No Legal Limit
This Utility: 124.2 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
100 ppb
This Utility: 0.242 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
25 ppb
This Utility: 0.0755 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
53 ppb
This Utility: 0.103 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
1500 ppb
This Utility: 0.4 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
21 ppb

Find a Filter

See which water filtration technologies are effective at reducing the contaminants detected in this utility's water supply.

Carbon Filters
Filters 10 contaminants exceeding guidelines (+2 others)

Can reduce the levels of many common contaminants.

Pros
  • Lower upfront cost
  • Reduced maintenance
Cons
  • Does not remove all contaminants
Reverse Osmosis
Filters 14 contaminants exceeding guidelines (+7 others)

Can reduce the levels of many common contaminants.

Pros
  • Most effective
Cons
  • Higher upfront cost
  • Requires more maintenance
  • Wastes water
Other Considerations
Ion Exchange
PROS: Softens hard water, Reduces some contaminants
CONS: Doesn't remove all contaminants
Whole-House Filters
PROS: Useful for reducing radiologicals and TCE
CONS: Expensive to install and maintain, Risk of bacterial contamination

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Contaminant Activated Carbon Reverse Osmosis Ion Exchange
Contaminants Above Health Guidelines
Arsenic
Bromodichloromethane
Bromoform
Chloroform
Chromium (hexavalent)*
Dibromoacetic acid
Dibromochloromethane
Dichloroacetic acid
Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
Haloacetic acids (HAA9)*
Nitrate and nitrite
Radium, combined (-226 and -228)
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Trichloroacetic acid
Other Contaminants Detected
Aluminum
Barium
Fluoride
Lithium
Manganese
Monobromoacetic acid*
Monochloroacetic acid
Strontium*
Vanadium*

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