Community Water System · PWS LA1053001
Town of Elton Water System
Operator location Elton, Louisiana - 38% of 119 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 1,512 served per SDWIS.
- 1,512
- People served (this PWS)
- 119
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 45
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Town of Elton Water System standing, high SDWIS violation third
38% of 119 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 38% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #15,787 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Town of Elton Water System sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (119), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,512 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 38% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #15,787 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #426 of 707
- Population · LA
- 119
- Total EPA violations on record
- 38%
- 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
- 504
- County
- Jefferson Davis Parish
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 30
- Monitoring Violations
- 55
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 15
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 22 | 2014 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 16 | 2013 |
| TTHM | MR | 16 | 2013 |
| Groundwater Rule | TT | 15 | 2019 |
| TTHM | MCL | 8 | 2016 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 7 | 2016 |
| Chlorine | MR | 6 | 2017 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 4 | 2017 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 4 | 2004 |
| Public Notice | Other | 3 | 2019 |
| Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule | MR | 2 | 2010 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 2 | 2017 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Other | 1 | 2016 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Town of Elton Water System has 119 recorded EPA violations, 77% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 23% carry more. 38% of this system's own violations are health-based (45 of 119), and it ranks #15,787 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)
119 Higher than most more violations than 77% 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 Elton Water System
45 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for LA1053001.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
119 violations · 1,512 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 Elton Water System
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