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Community Water System · PWS LA1061008

Hico Water System

Operator location Dubach, Louisiana - 73% of 424 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 1,530 served per SDWIS.

1,530
People served (this PWS)
424
EPA violations (this PWS)
308
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Hico Water System standing, high SDWIS violation third

73% of 424 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 73% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #15,698 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Hico Water System sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (424), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,530 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 73% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#15,698 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#421 of 707
Population · LA
424
Total EPA violations on record
73%
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
510
County
Lincoln Parish
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
308
Monitoring Violations
84
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
TTHM MCL 269 2025
TTHM MR 36 2023
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MCL 26 2024
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 17 2016
Coliform (TCR) MR 16 2015
Public Notice Other 14 2025
Coliform (TCR) MCL 13 2012
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 10 2024
Chlorine MR 9 2015
Lead and Copper Rule MR 6 2024

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Hico Water System has 424 recorded EPA violations, 94% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 6% carry more. 73% of this system's own violations are health-based (308 of 424), and it ranks #15,698 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)

424 Higher than most more violations than 94% 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 Hico Water System

308 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for LA1061008.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

424 violations · 1,530 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.

4 peers

Cross-state systems near this population served

Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).

4 peers

What to do with Hico 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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EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 figures are informational only, not a substitute for a certified lab test of your own tap water.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater