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The Coushatta handbook

Living in Coushatta, LA: what to set up and who to call

An EPA health-based violation from 2025 is still open for Town of Coushatta Water System. Public schools here are run by Red River Parish School District.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Coushatta, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Coushatta.

Electricity

Power comes from Cleco Power

Cleco Power (Cleco Power LLC), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Coushatta. Its homes paid an average of 14.3¢ per kWh in 2025, about $178 a month (its average across Louisiana).

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Town of Coushatta Water System

Town of Coushatta Water System supplies Coushatta: about 93% of residents live in its service area. About 7% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water and serves 3,300 people in all.

6 health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a groundwater treatment requirement (Groundwater Rule) ×6, the latest beginning May 2025. 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people had none. 3 older violations are still open, since 2025: a groundwater treatment requirement (Groundwater Rule), per EPA’s records.

Lead, 90th percentile0.4 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 0.4 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.0 ppb. That’s lower than 60% of similar systems’ latest results.

The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report

EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. LA1081001.

Internet

Which providers serve Coushatta

Data pending · D4

This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Coushatta, the share of addresses that can get 100/20 Mbps and the share with fiber, with the map’s “as of” date.

Source to come: FCC Broadband Data Collection.

Trash & recycling

We don’t have Coushatta’s trash rules yet

Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Coushatta.

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Coushatta kids go to
PK–5Red River Elementary SchoolRed River Parish School District
6–8Red River Junior High SchoolRed River Parish School District
9–12Red River High SchoolRed River Parish School District

Coushatta is in Red River Parish School District.

BSchool gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Aug 2015; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.

ZIP codes & area codes

Coushatta is in ZIP code 71019

ZIP codes where Coushatta residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of CoushattaZIP’s residents in Coushatta
71019Coushatta, LA100%24%
Area code318Wikidata

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

Getting around, the ER and the library

One line each; the subject pages have the rest.

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Coushatta

Who supplies Coushatta’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

Town of Coushatta Water System (EPA ID LA1081001). It reported 6 health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026: a groundwater treatment requirement (Groundwater Rule) ×6. 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.4 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Coushatta?

Cleco Power (Cleco Power LLC), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 14.3¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What ZIP codes are in Coushatta?

71019. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Coushatta in?

Red River Parish School District.

How do I register to vote in Coushatta?

In Louisiana you can register online until 20 days before Election Day, in person until 30 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Red River Parish Registrar of Voters. Check your registration at voterportal.sos.la.gov.

Sources & dates

Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.

  • Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
  • Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
  • Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
  • ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
  • Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
  • Registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
  • Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
  • Internet (FCC): pending.