Community Water System · PWS LA1043002
Town of Colfax
Operator location Colfax, Louisiana - 92% of 76 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 2,552 served per SDWIS.
- 2,552
- People served (this PWS)
- 76
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 70
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Town of Colfax standing, high SDWIS violation third
92% of 76 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 92% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #11,722 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Town of Colfax sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (76), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 2,552 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 92% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #11,722 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #309 of 707
- Population · LA
- 76
- Total EPA violations on record
- 92%
- 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
- Local
- Connections
- 827
- County
- Grant Parish
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 10
- Monitoring Violations
- 1
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 60
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Groundwater Rule | TT | 60 | 2025 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 10 | 2011 |
| Public Notice | Other | 2 | 2020 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 2 | 2004 |
| E. COLI | MR | 1 | 2011 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Town of Colfax has 76 recorded EPA violations, 67% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 33% carry more. 92% of this system's own violations are health-based (70 of 76), and it ranks #11,722 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)
76 Around the middle fewer violations than 33% 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 Town of Colfax
70 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for LA1043002.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
76 violations · 2,552 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 Town of Colfax
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