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Union Parish, Louisiana

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet LA111 · Union Parish 20 sys · 9,066 viol · #1288/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 100.0% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 67.0% health
  • RANK-UPPER #1288/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 100.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-SMALL 20 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, Union Parish ranks #1,288 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #37 of 64 counties in Louisiana. See methodology · corpus placement.

Union 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 67.0% 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 #1,288 of 3,254 · #37 of 64 in Louisiana.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Union Parish

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% St. Tammany Pa · lowest East Carroll P · highest Orleans Parish · 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
Farmerville Water System 5,400 326 Detected
Darbonne WS South 3,261 301 -
Darbonne WS North 3,186 273 -
Holmesville Water System 2,406 362 -
Point Wilhite WS 2,235 405 -
Bernice Water System 1,863 184 -
Rocky Branch Water System 1,650 293 -
Linville-Haile Water System 1,635 647 -
Union Parish Waterworks District 1 1,626 939 -
Wards Chapel Water System 1,620 510 -
Marion Water System 1,512 518 -
Sardis Water System 1,404 707 -
Tri-Water System 1,302 503 -
West Sterlington Water System 1,095 247 -
Salem Water System 753 707 -
Junction City Water System 708 31 -
Litroe Water System 369 1,110 -
Corney Water System 249 19 -
Randolph Water System 249 393 -
Downsville Water System 216 591 -

Compare beyond Louisiana

Mid-flagged peers for Union Parish

Cross-state counties nearest Union Parish on flagged-system share (100.0%) and cumulative violation count (9,066). 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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