What's in TOWN OF PORT BARRE WATER SYSTEM's water?
TOWN OF PORT BARRE WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 3,828 people get their water from it, across 1,276 connections.
How this compares nationally
Out of 12,903 systems in this dataset, TOWN OF PORT BARRE WATER SYSTEM ranks 6,501th by violation burden (50th percentile) - 11 violations total, 2 health-baseds.
How TOWN OF PORT BARRE WATER SYSTEM compares within LA
TOWN OF PORT BARRE WATER SYSTEM's 2 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 TOWN OF PORT BARRE WATER SYSTEM is from 2015-01-10 (health-based: 2007-01-09). Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
TOWN OF PORT BARRE WATER SYSTEM'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)
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 TOWN OF PORT BARRE WATER SYSTEM 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 TOWN OF PORT BARRE WATER SYSTEM's customers' taps is household plumbing, invisible to a system-level record ranked 6,501th of 12,903 by violation count. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.