Photo: Roy Luck · CC BY 2.0Living in Taft, LA: what to set up and who to call
Taft has no town government of its own, so St. Charles Parish runs its elections and most services, and its children attend St. Charles Parish School District. Wired internet is thin in Taft: the FCC’s map has 48% of addresses able to get it.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Taft, 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 Taft.
Water comes from St Charles Parish Dept of Waterworks
St Charles Parish Dept of Waterworks supplies almost all of Taft. It draws surface water and serves 52,879 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 90% of the 597 systems serving 50,001–100,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, was 2.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 66% 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. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. LA1089001.
4 home internet providers serve Taft
48% of 15 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 0% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, DSL | 73% | 25/3 |
| Cox Communications | Cable | 33% | 2,000/35 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 47% | 25/6 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 33% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Taft’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Taft.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Taft is in St. Charles 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.
No town hall: the county runs things
Taft is unincorporated, so St. Charles Parish is the local government.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Aug 2015; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Taft is in ZIP code 70057
ZIP codes where Taft residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Taft | ZIP’s residents in Taft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 70057 | Hahnville, LA | 100% | 1% |
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 Taft
Who supplies Taft’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
St Charles Parish Dept of Waterworks (EPA ID LA1089001). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 90% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.0 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.
What internet providers serve Taft?
AT&T, Cox Communications, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Taft?
70057. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Taft in?
St. Charles Parish School District.
How do I register to vote in Taft?
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 St Charles 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.
- 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 National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.