Covington, St. Tammany Parish · PWS ID LA1103139
Lake Ramsey water is soft, about 0.1 grains, chlorine-disinfected groundwater. The fix for this system: a whole-home carbon filter plus reverse osmosis at the kitchen sink.
Lake Ramsey water carries chlorine at 0.7 parts per million, and it tests soft at 1.5 milligrams per liter, about 0.1 grains. A lead result is in the report as well: one sample tested above the federal action level.
Beneath the surface
Lake Ramsey · PWS ID LA1103139 · 2025 water quality report
Based on the report, whole-home carbon for the chlorine at every tap. Reverse osmosis at the kitchen sink is in this package because it carries certified lead reduction for the drinking water tap, and better drinking water comes with it.
Sediment settles in your water heater and lowers its efficiency, and chlorine and chloramine embrittle the rubber seals, gaskets, and hoses inside your appliances over time. Filtering the whole house is gentler on all of it.
U.S. Dept. of Energy Energy Saver; ASTM D6284.Your water arrives with chlorine in it, at 0.7 parts per million. That is the disinfectant Lake Ramsey uses, and it is the taste people notice in coffee, in ice, and in the first glass of the day. Carbon takes it out at every tap in the house.
This is soft water. Hardness tests at 1.5 milligrams per liter, about 0.1 grains, and for a family using around 300 gallons a day that puts a couple of pounds of dissolved rock through the house in a year. Genuinely hard water runs well past a hundred pounds a year, and that difference is why a softener is not in the package for this neighborhood.
The water here is groundwater, pumped from the Lake Ramsey well. The published report for this system carries a lead result: one sample tested above the federal action level. Certified lead-reduction filtration at the drinking water tap is the piece that addresses it.
Each finding decides a piece of the package, including the pieces we leave out.
| The report shows | At your house | The answer | Why that one |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chlorine at 0.7 ppm | The taste and smell in coffee, ice, and the first glass of the day | Whole-home carbon | Chlorine sticks to carbon on contact, and a full-size tank gives the water that contact time. |
| Hardness at 0.1 grains, soft | No scale problem to fix | No softener | The resin would have nothing to grab, so it stays out of the quote. |
| A lead result in the public report | It matters most at the tap you drink from | Reverse osmosis with certified lead reduction | The certification is specific to lead at the drinking tap. |
Tell us your address and we will pull the report for the water system that serves it. You get our recommendation and the price in writing before any work starts, and a licensed plumber handles the install.
