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Tensas Parish, Louisiana

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet LA107 · Tensas Parish 5 sys · 1,589 viol · #2489/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-MID 40.0% health
  • RANK-LOWER #2489/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-SW SW lead 80%
  • SYS-TINY 5 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, Tensas Parish ranks #2,489 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #63 of 64 counties in Louisiana. See methodology · corpus placement.

Tensas 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 40.0% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 100.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #2,489 of 3,254 · #63 of 64 in Louisiana.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Tensas Parish

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% St. Tammany Pa · lowest Jefferson Pari · near Terrebonne Par · 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
Tensas Water District Association 3,843 173 Detected
St Joseph Water System 1,332 381 -
Lake Bruin Water District #1 1,275 71 -
Newellton Water System 1,100 443 -
Waterproof Water System 786 521 -

Compare beyond Louisiana

Mid-flagged peers for Tensas Parish

Cross-state counties nearest Tensas Parish on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (1,589). 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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