NEW ORLEANS ALGIERS WATER WORKS: EPA violation history, explained
NEW ORLEANS ALGIERS WATER WORKS 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 52,785 people through 15,118 service connections.
How this compares nationally
NEW ORLEANS ALGIERS WATER WORKS has 11 violations on record in total, 9 of thems health-based - ranking it 2,256th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 83th percentile nationally.
Against the LA average
LA's 347 covered systems average 12.6 health-based violations each; NEW ORLEANS ALGIERS WATER WORKS 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
NEW ORLEANS ALGIERS WATER WORKS's most recent violation on record is dated 2025-01-01, with the most recent health-based one dated 2025-01-01. Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
The concern categories on record
NEW ORLEANS ALGIERS WATER WORKS'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; Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
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 NEW ORLEANS ALGIERS WATER WORKS's record does not cover
This is what NEW ORLEANS ALGIERS WATER WORKS 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 NEW ORLEANS ALGIERS WATER WORKS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,256th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.