Ball, LA tap water
Supplied mostly by Rapides Parish Waterworks District 3, plus 1 other utility. Here's what the water means for your fish.
Disinfectant
Chlorine or chloramine
Utilities here use chlorine or chloramine, depending on which one serves your address. Chlorine slowly gases off from standing water; chloramine doesn't.
Safety for fish and shrimp
Nitrate (NO₃)
Not published yet
We haven't found this number yet. A drop test kit gives you your exact reading.
Water chemistry
General hardness
Not published yet
We haven't found this number yet. A drop test kit gives you your exact reading.
Carbonate hardness (alkalinity)
33 ppm
Little buffering. pH can drop quickly between water changes, especially with CO₂ or an older tank.
From EPA monitoring data (2013–2015).
pH
7.3
Most community fish do well here. Stable water matters more than the exact number.
From EPA monitoring data (2013–2019).
- Rapides Parish Waterworks District 3 adds phosphate to protect pipes. It can feed algae in tanks without much plant growth.
Who supplies Ball, LA
Rapides Parish Waterworks District 3
Serves 65% of residents · Lake or river water · Chloramine
Pollock Area Water System Inc
Serves 28% of residents · Groundwater (wells) · Chlorine
Our data comes from public records and is still incomplete. Many utilities don't publish every number, so we're adding more all the time. Your city's range is a starting point: testing your own tap is the only way to know exactly what's in it.
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