Is DESOTO PARISH WATER WORKS DISTRICT 1's water safe to drink?
DESOTO PARISH WATER WORKS DISTRICT 1 had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. It serves 7,173 people through 2,391 service connections.
DESOTO PARISH WATER WORKS DISTRICT 1's record against the rest of the country
DESOTO PARISH WATER WORKS DISTRICT 1 has 82 violations on record in total, 40 of thems health-based - ranking it 378th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 97th percentile nationally.
Against the LA average
Among the 347 LA systems in this dataset, the average is 12.6 health-based violations - DESOTO PARISH WATER WORKS DISTRICT 1's 40 is above that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
DESOTO PARISH WATER WORKS DISTRICT 1's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-03-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-01-08. Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
The concern categories on record
DESOTO PARISH WATER WORKS DISTRICT 1'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); Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule; Surface Water Treatment 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 DESOTO PARISH WATER WORKS DISTRICT 1's record does not cover
This is what DESOTO PARISH WATER WORKS DISTRICT 1 reported to its state primacy agency and EPA under the Safe Drinking Water Act - real regulatory record, not a lab test of your specific tap. Between the utility's meter and DESOTO PARISH WATER WORKS DISTRICT 1's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 378th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.