New Orleans, Louisiana
Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans 2026 Consumer Confidence Report (2025 data). Eastbank and Westbank columns. Residual disinfectant is chloramine. Hardness is not on the regulated table we opened. No Measure S-style residential softener ban turned up.
- Total chlorine (Eastbank)3.2 ppm RAA (range 0.6–4.8)
- Total chlorine (Westbank)2.8 ppm RAA (range 0.7–4.6)
- TTHMs (Eastbank)28 ppb LRAA (range 14–32)
- HAA5 (Eastbank)34 ppb LRAA (range 4–57)
Best match for New Orleans
Whole-house catalytic carbon for chloramine
No district prohibition on a brine drain turned up in the current file.
Catalytic carbon with a chloramine claim (NSF/ANSI 42 for chloramine). Regular chlorine carbon is the wrong box.
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Confirm hardness on the current CCR before buying
Open the current CCR for grains. This file does not invent a number from a ranking site. A salt softener needs a drain if it is legal at the address.
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Under-sink reverse osmosis
The under-sink RO we actually run is Cloud RO — NSF/ANSI 58, kitchen tap, not a whole-house tank. Check the exact listing if PFAS is why you are shopping. Shop Amazon first for under-sink RO, or buy Cloud direct. Waterdrop is a tankless option if you want that path. A certifier-listed pitcher is the cheap first step. Nobody is paying for a medical claim.
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Test the tap first
A homeowner kit is a start. It is not a state-certified lab. Use a certified lab when the decision is expensive.
On the report
- Water utility
- Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans
- Hardness
- Not printed on the 2025 regulated table we opened. This file does not invent a grains number from a ranking site. Open the current report or ask SWBNO. — Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans 2026 Consumer Confidence Report (2025 data)
- Disinfectant
- Chloramine. Eastbank total chlorine residual 0.6–4.8 ppm, highest RAA 3.2. Westbank 0.7–4.6 ppm, highest RAA 2.8. MRDL RAA ≤ 4. Two labeled columns, not a blended citywide number. 2025 data. — Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans 2026 Consumer Confidence Report (2025 data)
- Brine / salt to the sewer
- No district prohibition found in current research. No SWBNO or City of New Orleans residential softener ban like LACSD Measure S turned up. Ask the sewer agency on the bill before you cut a brine drain.
Also around here
Extra context besides the utility report and the chart above — geology, an unregulated table, or a published study. Not a second set of printed tap numbers.
- MicroplasticsWHO’s 2019 review examined studies that found microplastic particles in treated tap and bottled water in many places. That is a published-occurrence finding, not a number from this city’s water-quality report, and we do not invent a particles-per-liter count for the tap.Microplastics in drinking-water — World Health Organization
- PFAS (two bank columns)The 2025 PFAS table prints Eastbank and Westbank columns. Those are labeled results, not a blended city tap average.PFOA Eastbank ND–2.8 ppt, average 1.7. Westbank ND–2.8 ppt, average 1.7.2026 Consumer Confidence Report (2025 data) — Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans
- January 2025 Eastbank turbidityThe booklet prints a notice that the Carrollton plant was in violation of the Surface Water Treatment Rule turbidity monitoring/reporting requirements during the January 2025 freeze. That is a printed notice, not a hardness or disinfectant number.2026 Consumer Confidence Report (2025 data) — Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans
New Orleans drinking water is treated by the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans and printed as Eastbank and Westbank columns. Residual disinfectant is chloramine. No SWBNO or city residential softener ban like LACSD Measure S turned up. Ask the sewer agency on the bill before you cut a brine drain. This is not a legal opinion.
The 2026 Consumer Confidence Report (2025 data) prints total chlorine residual as two labeled columns — Eastbank 0.6–4.8 ppm, highest RAA 3.2, and Westbank 0.7–4.6 ppm, highest RAA 2.8. We do not invent a blend. Hardness is not on the regulated table we opened. This file does not invent a grains number.
TTHMs Eastbank 28 ppb highest LRAA (range 14–32); Westbank 30 ppb (range 17–35). HAA5 Eastbank 34 ppb (range 4–57); Westbank 33 ppb (range 9–53). Kitchen shopping stays the Cloud RO / Waterdrop path already used on other cities if a listing is why you are looking.
Sources
- 2026 Consumer Confidence Report (2025 data) — Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans. Accessed 2026-09-09.
Updated September 9, 2026. A city file is chemistry we can cite plus the sewer rule. No invented detections.