RAPIDES PARISH WATERWORKS DISTRICT 3: EPA violation history, explained
RAPIDES PARISH WATERWORKS DISTRICT 3 has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 19,983 people get their water from it, across 6,965 connections.
RAPIDES PARISH WATERWORKS DISTRICT 3's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, RAPIDES PARISH WATERWORKS DISTRICT 3 ranks 2,834th by violation burden (78th percentile) - 11 violations total, 7 health-baseds.
How RAPIDES PARISH WATERWORKS DISTRICT 3 compares within LA
Among the 347 LA systems in this dataset, the average is 12.6 health-based violations - RAPIDES PARISH WATERWORKS DISTRICT 3's 7 is at or below that. 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 RAPIDES PARISH WATERWORKS DISTRICT 3 is from 2021-05-02 (health-based: 2005-01-10). Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
RAPIDES PARISH WATERWORKS DISTRICT 3'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)
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: Chlorite; TTHM
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
This is what RAPIDES PARISH WATERWORKS DISTRICT 3 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 RAPIDES PARISH WATERWORKS DISTRICT 3's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 2,834th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.