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Community Water System · PWS LA1121018

West Baton Rouge Water Works District 2

Operator location Port Allen, Louisiana - 48% of 48 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 13,437 served per SDWIS.

13,437
People served (this PWS)
48
EPA violations (this PWS)
23
Health-based (this PWS)
No PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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West Baton Rouge Water Works District 2 standing, mid SDWIS violation third

48% of 48 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 48% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #3,772 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

West Baton Rouge Water Works District 2 lands in the middle third by violation volume (48), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (13,437; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 48% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.

#3,772 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#58 of 707
Population · LA
48
Total EPA violations on record
48%
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
5,913
County
West Baton Rouge Parish
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
23
Monitoring Violations
17
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MCL 23 2011
E. COLI MR 10 2010
Public Notice Other 3 2011
TTHM MR 2 2009
Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule MR 2 2010
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) MR 2 2009
Groundwater Rule MR 1 2010

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

West Baton Rouge Water Works District 2 has 48 recorded EPA violations, 55% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 44% carry more. 48% of this system's own violations are health-based (23 of 48), and it ranks #3,772 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)

48 Around the middle fewer violations than 44% of 29,740 water systems

the national water-system corpus, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more water systems. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source EPA SDWIS · 2026-05-15

PFAS Testing Results (UCMR5)

Results from EPA's Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule. 0 of 290 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFHpS 5/28/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 5/28/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 5/28/2025 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 5/28/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 5/28/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 5/28/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 5/28/2025 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 5/28/2025 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 5/28/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 5/28/2025 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 5/28/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 5/28/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 5/28/2025 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 5/28/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 5/28/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 5/28/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 5/28/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 5/28/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 5/28/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 5/28/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 5/28/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 5/28/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 5/28/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 5/28/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 5/28/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 5/28/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 5/28/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 5/28/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 5/28/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 5/28/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 5/28/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 5/28/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 5/28/2025 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 5/28/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 5/28/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 5/28/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 5/28/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 5/28/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 5/28/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 5/28/2025 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 5/28/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 5/28/2025 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 5/28/2025 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 5/28/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 5/28/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 5/28/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 5/28/2025 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 5/28/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 5/28/2025 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 5/28/2025 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected

Health-based violations on West Baton Rouge Water Works District 2

23 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for LA1121018.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

48 violations · 13,437 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

Cross-state systems near this violation count

Nearest cross-state community systems (500+ served) by total SDWIS violations on record.

4 peers

Cross-state systems with similar served population

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

4 peers

What to do with West Baton Rouge Water Works District 2

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
  • Check whether PFAS was detected at this system under UCMR5 testing. PFAS guide
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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