Is ST BERNARD PARISH WATERWORKS's water safe to drink?
ST BERNARD PARISH WATERWORKS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 44,783 people through 18,607 service connections.
ST BERNARD PARISH WATERWORKS's record against the rest of the country
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, ST BERNARD PARISH WATERWORKS ranks 778th by violation burden (94th percentile) - 47 violations total, 23 health-baseds.
Against the LA average
LA's 347 covered systems average 12.6 health-based violations each; ST BERNARD PARISH WATERWORKS carries 23, more than typical for the state. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.
Most recent violation on record
ST BERNARD PARISH WATERWORKS's most recent violation on record is dated 2016-01-04, with the most recent health-based one dated 2016-01-04. Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
The concern categories on record
ST BERNARD PARISH WATERWORKS'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); Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule; Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- 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 ST BERNARD PARISH WATERWORKS's record does not cover
ST BERNARD PARISH WATERWORKS'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. This record - 23 health-based violations on file for ST BERNARD PARISH WATERWORKS - 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.