Tamanend water, explained
Covington, St. Tammany Parish · PWS ID LA1103199
Tamanend water carries chlorine at 2.4 parts per million, and it tests soft at 1.7 milligrams per liter, about 0.1 grains.
Beneath the surface
Your water reportTamanend
St. Tammany Parish - Tamanend · PWS ID LA1103199 · 2025 water quality report
The pool taste and smell · chlorine, 2.4 ppmCarbon takes it out
No crunchy scale or stiff laundry · genuinely soft water, 0.1 gpgNo softener needed, ever
That pool taste in your coffee and ice is chlorine, the disinfectant this system uses. The water tests soft, so a softener is not part of what we would put in.
What we'd do at your house
The Complete Home package: whole-home carbon for the chlorine at every tap, plus reverse osmosis at the kitchen sink for drinking water, ice, and spot-free glasses at that tap. Tamanend tests soft, so no softener goes in.
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What this means at your house
Your water arrives with chlorine in it, at 2.4 parts per million. That is the disinfectant St. Tammany Parish - Tamanend 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.
The hardness here is 1.7 milligrams per liter, about 0.1 grains. That is soft water by any measure, so a softener would have almost nothing to work on and we leave it out of the plan.
The water here is groundwater, pumped from Tamanend Well.
Boundary confidence: not settled. Systems in this area interlock and no public map draws the line, so we confirm yours by address before we quote anything.
Getting your numbers checked
Tell us your address and we pull the report for the system that actually serves it, then put the recommendation and the price in writing before any work starts. A licensed plumber does the install.