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Transylvania Tap Water Quality Report
Transylvania's water record shows 5 open health-based EPA violations and 3 health-based EPA violations that began after the latest result on file. Consider using a certified water filter for additional protection.
People Served
1,071
Health-based violations since 2020
5 (5 open)
EAST CARROLL WS SOUTH. EPA SDWA violation data as of Q2 2026 (downloaded 2026-07-09).
Latest sample on file
Aug 2023 · EAST CARROLL WS SOUTH
Utilities publish newer results in their annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report).
Is Transylvania Tap Water Safe to Drink?
We recommend using a certified water filter for additional protection, especially for vulnerable populations like children, pregnant women, and those with compromised immune systems. Transylvania's water record shows 5 open health-based EPA violations and 3 health-based EPA violations that began after the latest result on file.
EAST CARROLL WS SOUTH, Transylvania's water system, serves 1,071 people. 1 other system is listed for Transylvania. Each system's results are listed under its own name, never added to EAST CARROLL WS SOUTH's. Water quality testing is conducted regularly and reported to the EPA. The latest sample on file for EAST CARROLL WS SOUTH is from Aug 2023.
In EPA's 2023–2026 UCMR 5 testing, EAST CARROLL WS SOUTH measured lithium at up to 23.4 µg/L, which EPA counts as above its health reference level of 10 µg/L. That level is a screening value EPA uses to decide what to study further, not a legal limit, and this result does not change this page's water-quality summary.
Boil water advisories are issued by water systems and state agencies, and they change from day to day. Boil water advisories in Louisiana
Transylvania Water Service Areas
What these numbers actually mean for Transylvania, LA
We read Transylvania, LA’s published record and send you a short report — which findings warrant a decision, which to ignore, and what to do about it. Including when the answer is nothing.
- 5 open health-based EPA violations and 3 health-based EPA violations that began after the latest result on file
- 23 results on file
- 23 PFAS compounds on record
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Fluoride in Transylvania's water
EAST CARROLL WS SOUTH
PWSID LA1035007
No fluoride level in our data for EAST CARROLL WS SOUTH. Your utility's annual water quality report (CCR) lists it.
EAST CARROLL WS NORTH
PWSID LA1035006
No fluoride level in our data for EAST CARROLL WS NORTH. Your utility's annual water quality report (CCR) lists it.
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General-Purpose Water Filters for Transylvania
Transylvania's results show no result above EPA's health goals or legal limits, so these are general-purpose NSF/ANSI 53 certified filters, not chosen for any contaminant.
Pentair Residential Filtration, LLC
Everpure Residential H-300-NXT
NSF Certified:
Capacity
3001 gal
Filter Life
10 mo
Flow Rate
0.5 gpm
Removes 5 contaminants:
Whirlpool Corporation
W11256135
NSF Certified:
Capacity
1001 gal
Filter Life
3 mo
Flow Rate
0.7 gpm
Removes 19 contaminants:
+14 more
Benzene, Carbofuran, Chlorine (Free), Chlorine (Total), Chlorine Dioxide, Chlorobenzene, Cryptosporidium, Ethylbenzene, Lead, Mercury, Metolachlor, Tetrachloroethylene, Toxaphene, Turbidity
Whirlpool Corporation
W11569861
NSF Certified:
Capacity
1001 gal
Filter Life
3 mo
Flow Rate
0.52 gpm
Removes 22 contaminants:
+17 more
Atrazine, Benzene, Carbofuran, Chlorine (Free), Chlorine (Total), Chlorine Dioxide, Chlorobenzene, Cryptosporidium, Ethylbenzene, Lead, Mercury, Metolachlor, Styrene, Tetrachloroethylene, Toxaphene, Trichloroethylene, Turbidity
Santevia
Bath Filter
NSF Certified:
Flow Rate
0.36 gpm
Highlights:
- Organic cotton design reduces plastic used in construction
- Affordable upfront & ongoing cost
- The only bath filter that removed 100% chlorine with “normal” faster faucet flow
Removes 1 contaminants:
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What Transylvania's water readings can explain
We publish a city-level hardness figure for Transylvania, resolved from its water systems where they report one and estimated from county sampling where they do not. Each page starts with the hot-tap and cold-tap check, then shows what your own water system reported.
On a private well near Transylvania? Public-water results do not apply to private wells. See East Carroll Parish well water testing and USGS risk data — modeled arsenic, nitrate, and the tests to run.
Water softener cost and installation in Transylvania
Transylvania's tap water has an estimated 4.8 grains per gallon (82.0 mg/L, county sampling in East Carroll Parish) — moderately hard on the USGS scale, below the range where scale is usually worth treating.
Water softener cost for an estimated 4.8 gpg water in Transylvania — equipment and local installation labour for your ZIP code, with the sizing arithmetic shown in full. For the national picture first, read what a water softener costs — equipment, installation labour and ten-year ownership, each separated out. For Louisiana as a whole, read water softener cost in Louisiana — priced against the plumber wage published for the state.
Frequently Asked Questions About Transylvania Tap Water
Transylvania's water record shows 5 open health-based EPA violations and 3 health-based EPA violations that began after the latest result on file. We recommend using a certified water filter for additional protection, especially for vulnerable populations like children, pregnant women, and those with compromised immune systems. EPA records 3 health-based violations for EAST CARROLL WS SOUTH that began after its latest result on file (Aug 2023): Failure To Address Deficiency (Groundwater Rule), 3 violations, the first beginning on August 28, 2024 and the latest on August 28, 2024. Every result on file predates them, so none can show the water met the standard since, and this page does not call the water safe.
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