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Community Water System · PWS LA1107004

St Joseph Water System

Operator location St Joseph, Louisiana - 36% of 381 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 1,332 served per SDWIS.

1,332
People served (this PWS)
381
EPA violations (this PWS)
137
Health-based (this PWS)
Untested
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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St Joseph Water System standing, high SDWIS violation third

36% of 381 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 36% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #16,956 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

St Joseph Water System sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (381), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,332 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 36% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.

#16,956 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#458 of 707
Population · LA
381
Total EPA violations on record
36%
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
444
County
Tensas Parish
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
117
Monitoring Violations
75
Treatment Tech Violations
20

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 92 2024
TTHM MCL 82 2020
Public Notice Other 57 2024
Coliform (TCR) MR 34 2015
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MCL 24 2019
Groundwater Rule TT 19 2023
Chlorine MR 15 2016
Lead and Copper Rule MR 8 2023
Coliform (TCR) MCL 7 2007
TTHM MR 5 2009
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 5 2009
Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule MR 4 2010
Revised Total Coliform Rule MON 4 2016
Revised Total Coliform Rule MCL 4 2017
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS TT 1 2024

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

St Joseph Water System has 381 recorded EPA violations, 93% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 7% carry more. 36% of this system's own violations are health-based (137 of 381), and it ranks #16,956 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)

381 Higher than most more violations than 93% 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 St Joseph Water System

137 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for LA1107004.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

381 violations · 1,332 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 St Joseph 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