THIBODAUX WATERWORKS: EPA violation history, explained
THIBODAUX WATERWORKS has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. Population served: 14,862, over 6,730 connections.
THIBODAUX WATERWORKS's record against the rest of the country
39 total violations and 27 health-based ones put THIBODAUX WATERWORKS at the 95th percentile nationally for violation burden, rank 654 of 12,903.
Against the LA average
LA's 347 covered systems average 12.6 health-based violations each; THIBODAUX WATERWORKS carries 27, more than typical for the state. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
THIBODAUX WATERWORKS's most recent violation on record is dated 2015-07-10, with the most recent health-based one dated 2010-01-11. Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
The concern categories on record
THIBODAUX 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); Surface Water Treatment Rule
- Synthetic organic chemicals / pesticides / VOCs - flagged from: CARBON, TOTAL
- Disinfection byproducts - flagged from: 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 THIBODAUX WATERWORKS's record does not cover
This is what THIBODAUX WATERWORKS 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 THIBODAUX WATERWORKS's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 654th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.