DrinkingWaterCheck

What's in WEST BATON ROUGE WATER WORKS DISTRICT 2's water?

WEST BATON ROUGE WATER WORKS DISTRICT 2 has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. 13,437 people get their water from it, across 5,913 connections.

WEST BATON ROUGE WATER WORKS DISTRICT 2's record against the rest of the country

WEST BATON ROUGE WATER WORKS DISTRICT 2 has 14 violations on record in total, 6 of thems health-based - ranking it 3,179th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 75th percentile nationally.

Against the LA average

Among the 347 LA systems in this dataset, the average is 12.6 health-based violations - WEST BATON ROUGE WATER WORKS DISTRICT 2's 6 is at or below that. The filter guide explains what a violation like this actually calls for.

Most recent violation on record

WEST BATON ROUGE WATER WORKS DISTRICT 2's most recent violation on record is dated 2012-03-07, with the most recent health-based one dated 2011-01-12. Last reported to EPA: 06/23/2026.

The concern categories on record

WEST BATON ROUGE WATER WORKS DISTRICT 2'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:

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 WEST BATON ROUGE WATER WORKS DISTRICT 2's record does not cover

Everything on this page is WEST BATON ROUGE WATER WORKS DISTRICT 2's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. Water quality can still change between the meter and the faucet - household plumbing sits outside what a record of 14 logged violations can see. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.