Photo: Billy Hathorn at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Saline, LA: what to set up and who to call
Village of Saline Water System reported 10 health-based violations to EPA in the last five years: disinfection byproducts (TTHM) ×10. 77% of systems its size reported none. Power in Saline comes from Southwest Louisiana E M C, a cooperative utility rather than a private company.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Saline, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Saline.
Power comes from Southwest Louisiana E M C
Southwest Louisiana E M C (Southwest Louisiana E M C), a cooperative utility, serves all of Saline. Its homes paid an average of 11.6¢ per kWh in 2025, about $162 a month (its average across Louisiana).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Village of Saline Water System
Village of Saline Water System supplies Saline: about 74% of residents live in its service area. Chestnut-Readhimer Water System serves another 17%. About 14% 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 450 people in all.
10 health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026: disinfection byproducts (TTHM) ×10, the latest beginning Jan 2025. 77% of the 15,074 systems serving 101–500 people had none.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan–Dec 2025, was 3.1 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 83% 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. LA1013014.
Which providers serve Saline
This card will list the home internet providers the FCC’s National Broadband Map shows in Saline, 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.
We don’t have Saline’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Saline.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Saline is in Bienville Parish School District.
Test scores and every school: see Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Saline is in ZIP code 71070
ZIP codes where Saline residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Saline | ZIP’s residents in Saline |
|---|---|---|---|
| 71070 | Saline, LA | 100% | 20% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
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 Saline
Who supplies Saline’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Village of Saline Water System (EPA ID LA1013014). It reported 10 health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026: disinfection byproducts (TTHM) ×10. 77% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 3.1 ppb (Jan–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Saline?
Southwest Louisiana E M C (Southwest Louisiana E M C), a cooperative utility. Its homes paid about 11.6¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What ZIP codes are in Saline?
71070. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Saline in?
Bienville Parish School District.
How do I register to vote in Saline?
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 Bienville 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.