Is LOUISIANA PWS's water safe to drink?
LOUISIANA PWS had a health-based violation within the last five years. The required corrective action was reported, but it happened recently enough to matter. Population served: 3,244, over 1,534 connections.
LOUISIANA PWS's record against the rest of the country
LOUISIANA PWS has 92 violations on record in total, 31 of thems health-based - ranking it 542th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 96th percentile nationally.
How LOUISIANA PWS compares within MO
MO's 327 covered systems average 6.1 health-based violations each; LOUISIANA PWS carries 31, 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 LOUISIANA PWS is from 2026-11-07 (health-based: 2026-01-01). Last reported to EPA: 06/16/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
LOUISIANA PWS'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: Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- 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
LOUISIANA PWS'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 LOUISIANA PWS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 542th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.