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Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet LA051 · Jefferson Parish 4 sys · 247 viol · #158/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-HIGH · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-SW · SYS-TINY · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 50.6% health
  • RANK-TOP #158/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 75.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 100%
  • SYS-TINY 4 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Orleans Parish (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Jefferson Parish ranks #158 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #2 of 64 counties in Louisiana. See methodology · corpus placement.

Jefferson Parish standing, mid-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 100.0% is in the corpus middle third (≤ 100.0% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 50.6% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 75.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #158 of 3,254 · #2 of 64 in Louisiana.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Jefferson Parish

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% St. Tammany Pa · lowest Orleans Parish · near Lafourche Pari · near 78.9% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
E Jefferson Ww District 1 275,163 2 Detected
W Jefferson Ww District 2 140,264 14 Detected
Gretna Waterworks 17,026 72 Detected
Westwego Waterworks 8,534 159 Clean

Compare beyond Louisiana

Mid-flagged peers for Jefferson Parish

Cross-state counties nearest Jefferson Parish on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (247). 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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