Community Water System · PWS LA1031005
East Desoto Water System
Operator location Mansfield, Louisiana - 68% of 365 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 1,455 served per SDWIS.
- 1,455
- People served (this PWS)
- 365
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 247
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
East Desoto Water System standing, high SDWIS violation third
68% of 365 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 68% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #16,263 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
East Desoto Water System sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (365), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,455 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 68% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #16,263 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #437 of 707
- Population · LA
- 365
- Total EPA violations on record
- 68%
- 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
- 485
- County
- De Soto Parish
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 226
- Monitoring Violations
- 68
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 21
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | MCL | 215 | 2025 |
| TTHM | MR | 37 | 2017 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 24 | 2015 |
| Public Notice | Other | 22 | 2024 |
| Groundwater Rule | TT | 20 | 2023 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 11 | 2015 |
| Chlorine | MR | 6 | 2015 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 5 | 2017 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 1 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 1 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 1 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
East Desoto Water System has 365 recorded EPA violations, 93% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 7% carry more. 68% of this system's own violations are health-based (247 of 365), and it ranks #16,263 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)
365 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 Desoto Water System
247 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for LA1031005.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
365 violations · 1,455 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 Desoto Water System
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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