Is RAPIDES ISLAND WATER ASSOCIATION INC's water safe to drink?
RAPIDES ISLAND WATER ASSOCIATION INC has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 5,658 people through 1,886 service connections.
RAPIDES ISLAND WATER ASSOCIATION INC's record against the rest of the country
11 total violations and 8 health-based ones put RAPIDES ISLAND WATER ASSOCIATION INC at the 81th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 2,505 of 12,903.
How RAPIDES ISLAND WATER ASSOCIATION INC compares within LA
RAPIDES ISLAND WATER ASSOCIATION INC's 8 health-based violations sit within the LA average of 12.6, across 347 systems statewide. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for RAPIDES ISLAND WATER ASSOCIATION INC is from 2014-01-06 (health-based: 2013-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
RAPIDES ISLAND WATER ASSOCIATION INC'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)
- Other regulated metals - flagged from: Fluoride
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
Everything on this page is RAPIDES ISLAND WATER ASSOCIATION INC's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Between the utility's meter and RAPIDES ISLAND WATER ASSOCIATION INC's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,505th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.