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Bossier Parish, Louisiana

27 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 140,488 people in Bossier Parish. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

27
SDWIS water systems Middle third of counties
4,038
Total violations Upper third of counties
96.3%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
33.3%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (6 tested) Middle third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet LA015 · Bossier Parish 27 sys · 4,038 viol · #442/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-MID · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-MID · SRC-GW · SYS-SMALL · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 96.3% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 43.2% health
  • RANK-TOP #442/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.3 pp
  • PFAS-MID 33.3% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 85%
  • SYS-SMALL 27 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: St. Landry Parish (+ 0.3 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Bossier Parish ranks #442 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #11 of 64 counties in Louisiana. See methodology · corpus placement.

Bossier Parish standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 96.3% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 43.2% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 33.3% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #442 of 3,254 · #11 of 64 in Louisiana.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Bossier Parish

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Bossier Parish on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% St. Tammany Pa · lowest Bossier Parish · this county East Carroll P · highest 78.9% 95% 95.5% 96.3% 96.6% 97.1% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

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Mid-flagged peers for Bossier Parish

Cross-state counties nearest Bossier Parish on flagged-system share (96.3%) and cumulative violation count (4,038). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers
Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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