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Rapides Parish, Louisiana

24 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 165,953 people in Rapides Parish. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

24
SDWIS water systems Middle third of counties
1,472
Total violations Middle third of counties
100.0%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Middle third of counties
0.0%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (10 tested) Lower third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet LA079 · Rapides Parish 24 sys · 1,472 viol · #388/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 60.9% health
  • RANK-TOP #388/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-CLEAN 0.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 96%
  • SYS-SMALL 24 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

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

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Rapides Parish ranks #388 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #9 of 64 counties in Louisiana. See methodology · corpus placement.

Rapides 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 60.9% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 0.0% is UCMR5 detect rate at or below the tested-pool lower third (≤ 0.0%) . Population served ranks #388 of 3,254 · #9 of 64 in Louisiana.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Rapides Parish

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% St. Tammany Pa · lowest Jefferson Pari · 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
City of Alexandria Water System 66,798 41 Clean
City of Pineville Water System 20,358 69 Clean
Rapides Parish Waterworks District 3 19,983 32 Clean
Buckeye Water District 50 12,078 7 Clean
Rapides Island Water Association Inc 5,658 36 Clean
Kolin Ruby Wise Waterwork District 11 A 4,992 9 Clean
Town of Woodworth Water System 4,818 52 Clean
Gardner Community Water System 4,566 40 Clean
Forest Hill Utilities 3,600 23 Clean
Lena Water System Inc 3,540 27 Clean
Emc Water System Inc 3,135 25 -
Lsu at Alexandria 3,000 94 -
Town of Glenmora Water System 2,472 39 -
Town of Cheneyville Water System 1,531 75 -
Town of Lecompte (Lawco) 1,527 4 -
Ward 6 Water Association of Rapides 1,410 32 -
Veterans Administration 1,330 89 -
Town of Boyce Water System 1,095 72 -
Hineston Water System, Inc 1,089 151 -
Poland Water Association 1,044 45 -
Hammock Water Supply 900 411 -
Village of McNary Water System 587 65 -
Latanier Water Association 357 27 -
Valentine Lake North Recreation Area 85 7 -

Compare beyond Louisiana

Mid-flagged peers for Rapides Parish

Cross-state counties nearest Rapides Parish on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,472). 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

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

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