Is FORT POLK SOUTH WATER SYSTEM's water safe to drink?
FORT POLK SOUTH WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 10,902 people get their water from it, across 1,870 connections.
How this compares nationally
13 total violations and 9 health-based ones put FORT POLK SOUTH WATER SYSTEM at the 83th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,246 of 12,903.
Against the LA average
LA's 347 covered systems average 12.6 health-based violations each; FORT POLK SOUTH WATER SYSTEM carries 9, not more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
FORT POLK SOUTH WATER SYSTEM's most recent violation on record is dated 2011-01-04, with the most recent health-based one dated 2011-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
The concern categories on record
FORT POLK SOUTH 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 SOUTH WATER SYSTEM's record does not cover
This is what FORT POLK SOUTH WATER SYSTEM 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. This record - 9 health-based violations on file for FORT POLK SOUTH WATER SYSTEM - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.