Community Water System · PWS LA1119005
Cullen Water System
Operator location Cullen, Louisiana - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations) with 241 EPA violations; groundwater source; 1,236 served (PWS-level, not municipal population).
- 1,236
- People served (this PWS)
- 241
- EPA violations (this PWS)
- 24
- Health-based (this PWS)
- Untested
- UCMR5 (this PWS)
Cullen Water System standing, high SDWIS violation third
241 EPA SDWIS violations on record - upper-third violation load (> 74 violations). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 10% is middle-third health share (≤ 23%). Population rank #17,560 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.
The verdict
Cullen Water System sits in the upper third of the sitemap cohort by violation count (241), so the tables below sample a dense compliance trail rather than a near-clean ledger. Population served is mid-pack at 1,236 (mid served population (≤ 3,309)). Health-based share is 10% (middle-third health share (≤ 23%)). No UCMR5 PFAS test appears for this system in this extract.
- #17,560 of 29,740
- Population · /systems
- #480 of 707
- Population · LA
- 241
- Total EPA violations on record
- 10%
- 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
- 412
- County
- Webster Parish
- School/Daycare
- No
- MCL Violations
- 12
- Monitoring Violations
- 159
- Treatment Tech Violations
- 12
Violation History
Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.
| Contaminant | Category | Count | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | MR | 51 | 2016 |
| TTHM | MR | 51 | 2016 |
| Public Notice | Other | 30 | 2023 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MR | 29 | 2015 |
| Chlorine | MR | 24 | 2015 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Other | 20 | 2024 |
| Groundwater Rule | TT | 11 | 2025 |
| Coliform (TCR) | MCL | 9 | 2011 |
| TTHM | MCL | 3 | 2023 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | MR | 2 | 2022 |
| Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule | MR | 2 | 2013 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | RPT | 1 | 2024 |
| LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS | TT | 1 | 2024 |
Violation Count vs. the National Corpus
Cullen Water System has 241 recorded EPA violations, 88% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 12% carry more. 10% of this system's own violations are health-based (24 of 241), and it ranks #17,560 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)
241 Higher than most more violations than 88% of 29,740 water systems
the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value
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Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15
SDWIS compliance record for Cullen Water System
241 violations on record for LA1119005; use EPA SDWIS to confirm return-to-compliance dates and monitoring categories.
Sources: EPA SDWIS
Nationwide peers
241 violations · 1,236 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 near this population served
Nearest cross-state systems by EPA SDWIS population_served (same 500+ sitemap gate).
What to do with Cullen Water System
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