Is FORT POLK NORTH WATER SYSTEM's water safe to drink?

FORT POLK NORTH WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 9,420 people through 435 service connections.

FORT POLK NORTH WATER SYSTEM's record against the rest of the country

FORT POLK NORTH WATER SYSTEM has 7 violations on record in total, 3 of thems health-based - ranking it 5,433th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 58th percentile nationally.

Against the LA average

Among the 347 LA systems in this dataset, the average is 12.6 health-based violations - FORT POLK NORTH WATER SYSTEM's 3 is at or below that. See the lead and copper guide for why lead counts differently.

Most recent violation on record

FORT POLK NORTH WATER SYSTEM's most recent violation on record is dated 2009-01-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2009-01-05. Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.

The concern categories on record

FORT POLK NORTH 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)

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 FORT POLK NORTH WATER SYSTEM's record does not cover

FORT POLK NORTH 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 FORT POLK NORTH WATER SYSTEM's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 5,433th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.