Community Water System · PWS LA1111014
Salem Water System
Operator location Farmerville, Louisiana - 42% of 707 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 753 served per SDWIS.
- 753
- People served (this PWS)
- 707
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 298
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Salem Water System standing, high SDWIS violation third
42% of 707 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 42% is upper-third health share (> 23%). Population rank #23,273 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Salem Water System sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (707), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is smaller (753; smaller served population (≤ 999)), so each violation row represents a compact service footprint. Health-based share is 42% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #23,273 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #594 of 707
- Population · LA
- 707
- Total EPA violations on record
- 42%
- 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
- 251
- County
- Union Parish
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 227
- Monitoring Violations
- 244
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 71
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| TTHM | MCL | 213 | 2025 |
| Public Notice | Other | 108 | 2023 |
| TTHM | MR | 71 | 2023 |
| Groundwater Rule | TT | 71 | 2024 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 60 | 2015 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 51 | 2015 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 49 | 2021 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 33 | 2024 |
| Chlorine | MR | 20 | 2019 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 14 | 2009 |
| Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule | MR | 6 | 2013 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | MON | 3 | 2019 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Salem Water System has 707 recorded EPA violations, 98% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 2% carry more. 42% of this system's own violations are health-based (298 of 707), and it ranks #23,273 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)
707 Higher than most more violations than 98% 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 Salem Water System
298 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for LA1111014.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
707 violations · 753 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 with smaller service footprints
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Salem Water System
Use this system's EPA-reported record as a starting filter, not a final verdict.
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