Is CITY OF NATCHITOCHES WATER SYSTEM's water safe to drink?
CITY OF NATCHITOCHES WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 27,693, over 9,231 connections.
CITY OF NATCHITOCHES WATER SYSTEM's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, CITY OF NATCHITOCHES WATER SYSTEM ranks 907th by violation burden (93th percentile) - 24 violations total, 20 health-baseds.
How CITY OF NATCHITOCHES WATER SYSTEM compares within LA
LA's 347 covered systems average 12.6 health-based violations each; CITY OF NATCHITOCHES WATER SYSTEM carries 20, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for CITY OF NATCHITOCHES WATER SYSTEM is from 2018-01-09 (health-based: 2018-01-06). Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
CITY OF NATCHITOCHES WATER SYSTEM's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR); Revised Total Coliform Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: TTHM; Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
CITY OF NATCHITOCHES WATER SYSTEM's numbers here come from its own required reporting to EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act, not from an independent test of your glass of water. Between the utility's meter and CITY OF NATCHITOCHES WATER SYSTEM's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 907th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.