Community Water System · PWS LA1021004
East Columbia Water System
Operator location Columbia, Louisiana - 75% of 374 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 2,829 served per SDWIS.
- 2,829
- People served (this PWS)
- 374
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 280
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
East Columbia Water System standing, high SDWIS violation third
75% of 374 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 75% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #11,044 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
East Columbia Water System sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (374), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,829 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 75% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #11,044 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #291 of 707
- Population · LA
- 374
- Total EPA violations on record
- 75%
- Health-based (MCL / treatment failure)
Population ordinals match the sitemap cohort (systems serving 500+, population_served DESC). See methodology · corpus placement.
System Details
- System Type
- Community
- Owner Type
- Private
- Connections
- 943
- County
- Caldwell Parish
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 270
- Monitoring Violations
- 71
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 10
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | MCL | 147 | 2021 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MCL | 97 | 2019 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 26 | 2012 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 19 | 2010 |
| TTHM | MR | 19 | 2010 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 16 | 2015 |
| Chloramine | MR | 11 | 2015 |
| Groundwater Rule | TT | 10 | 2021 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 6 | 1993 |
| Public Notice | Other | 4 | 2017 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
East Columbia Water System has 374 recorded EPA violations, 93% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 7% carry more. 75% of this system's own violations are health-based (280 of 374), and it ranks #11,044 of 29,740 by population served among that same cohort.
EPA violations vs. the national water-system corpus
Public water systems serving 500+ people (EPA SDWIS)
374 Higher than most more violations than 93% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
Health-based violations on East Columbia Water System
280 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for LA1021004.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
374 violations · 2,829 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems with comparable violation load
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with East Columbia Water System
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
- See how every tracked system in Louisiana compares on the same EPA violation measures. Louisiana systems
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