Community Water System · PWS LA1061007
Greater Ward 1 Waterworks District
Operator location Ruston, Louisiana - 63% of 38 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 3,333 served per SDWIS.
- 3,333
- People served (this PWS)
- 38
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 24
- Health-based (this PWS)
- No PFAS
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Greater Ward 1 Waterworks District standing, mid SDWIS violation third
63% of 38 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 63% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #9,884 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Greater Ward 1 Waterworks District lands in the middle third by violation volume (38), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (3,333; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 63% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.
- #9,884 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #255 of 707
- Population · LA
- 38
- Total EPA violations on record
- 63%
- 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
- 1,111
- County
- Lincoln Parish
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 6
- Monitoring Violations
- 6
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 18
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Groundwater Rule | TT | 18 | 2019 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 6 | 2003 |
| Chlorine | MR | 4 | 2014 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 2 | 2017 |
| Public Notice | Other | 2 | 2019 |
| TTHM | MR | 1 | 2006 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 1 | 2006 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Greater Ward 1 Waterworks District has 38 recorded EPA violations, 49% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 50% carry more. 63% of this system's own violations are health-based (24 of 38), and it ranks #9,884 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)
38 Lower than most fewer violations than 50% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)
Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 0 of 116 samples detected PFAS.
| Contaminant | Date | Result | MRL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFHxS | 5/6/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 5/6/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 5/6/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFUnA | 5/6/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHxA | 5/6/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDoA | 5/6/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 5/6/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 5/6/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOA | 5/6/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 5/6/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFNA | 5/6/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 5/6/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 5/6/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 5/6/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NEtFOSAA | 5/6/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 5/6/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 5/6/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFOS | 5/6/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 5/6/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 5/6/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 5/6/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 5/6/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 5/6/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 5/6/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 5/6/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 5/6/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 5/6/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 5/6/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 5/6/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 4:2 FTS | 5/6/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTA | 5/6/2025 | <8.00 ppt | 8.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpS | 5/6/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeS | 5/6/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFDA | 5/6/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NFDHA | 5/6/2025 | <20.00 ppt | 20.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFEESA | 5/6/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMBA | 5/6/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFPeA | 5/6/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 8:2 FTS | 5/6/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 6:2 FTS | 5/6/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBA | 5/6/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| HFPO-DA | 5/6/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| ADONA | 5/6/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 9Cl-PF3ONS | 5/6/2025 | <2.00 ppt | 2.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFBS | 5/6/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFTrDA | 5/6/2025 | <7.00 ppt | 7.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFMPA | 5/6/2025 | <4.00 ppt | 4.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| NMeFOSAA | 5/6/2025 | <6.00 ppt | 6.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| 11Cl-PF3OUdS | 5/6/2025 | <5.00 ppt | 5.00 ppt | Not Detected |
| PFHpA | 5/6/2025 | <3.00 ppt | 3.00 ppt | Not Detected |
Health-based violations on Greater Ward 1 Waterworks District
24 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for LA1061007.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
38 violations · 3,333 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.
Cross-state systems near this violation count
Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.
Cross-state systems with similar served population
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Greater Ward 1 Waterworks District
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