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Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

12 SDWIS-listed public water systems serve 70,792 people in Vermilion Parish. Violation rates use that full inventory; PFAS rates use only the UCMR5-tested subset.

12
SDWIS water systems Middle third of counties
645
Total violations Lower third of counties
91.7%
SDWIS systems w/ a violation Lower third of counties
16.7%
UCMR5 PFAS rate (6 tested) Middle third of counties with tests

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet LA113 · Vermilion Parish 12 sys · 645 viol · #737/3254

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

  • VIOL-SEVERE 91.7% flagged
  • HEALTH-HIGH 54.0% health
  • RANK-UPPER #737/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.0 pp
  • PFAS-LOW 16.7% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 100%
  • SYS-SMALL 12 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: St. John the Baptist Parish (+ 0 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Vermilion Parish ranks #737 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #18 of 64 counties in Louisiana. See methodology · corpus placement.

Vermilion Parish standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 91.7% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 54.0% is health-based share above the upper third (> 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 16.7% is UCMR5 detect rate in the tested-pool middle third (≤ 33.3%) . Population served ranks #737 of 3,254 · #18 of 64 in Louisiana.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Vermilion Parish

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

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% St. Tammany Pa · lowest St. John the B · near East Carroll P · highest 78.9% 91.4% 91.7% 91.7% 91.7% 91.7% 100%

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

Water Systems

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Lower-flagged peers for Vermilion Parish

Cross-state counties nearest Vermilion Parish on flagged-system share (91.7%) and cumulative violation count (645). 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.

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Similar violation load

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

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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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