South Monroe WS Gowc

Water Quality Snapshot: South Monroe WS Gowc

South Monroe WS Gowc is a private-owned community water system that delivers drinking water to 7,335 residents in West Monroe, Louisiana (Ouachita Parish County) through 2,445 service connections. Its water is drawn from groundwater sources. EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System records 282 total violations for this system , of which 273 (97%) are health-based, meaning a contaminant exceeded an EPA Maximum Contaminant Level or a required treatment technique failed. A further 7 monitoring and reporting violations are on file. The most recent violation on record dates to 2023.

The most frequently cited contaminant at this system is TTHM, recorded in 261 violations (MCL, health-based). This system was sampled under EPA's UCMR5 PFAS monitoring program and no PFAS compounds were detected above the minimum reporting level.

Across Louisiana, EPA tracks 1,234 public water systems serving 5,316,532 people, with 115,060 cumulative violations and 62,164 health-based violations on record. About 93% of systems in the state carry at least one violation, and state-wide the average per system is 93.2 violations. Statewide, 218 of 265 UCMR5-tested systems have reported PFAS detections (82.3%).

South Monroe WS Gowc's 282 violations sit above the Louisiana average.

All figures above are sourced directly from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 public data releases and are updated as EPA publishes new reporting cycles.