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Community Water System · PWS LA1125005

Louisiana State Penitentiary

Operator location Angola, Louisiana - 71% of 31 violations are health-based (upper-third health share (> 23%)); groundwater source; 6,362 served per SDWIS.

6,362
People served (this PWS)
31
EPA violations (this PWS)
22
Health-based (this PWS)
No PFAS
UCMR5 (this PWS)
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Louisiana State Penitentiary standing, mid SDWIS violation third

71% of 31 recorded violations are health-based - upper-third health share (> 23%). Corpus terciles use 29,740 systems serving 500+ (the sitemap cohort). Health-based share 71% is upper-third health share (> 23%). UCMR5: UCMR5 tested, none detected. Population rank #6,557 of 29,740 among systems serving 500+.

The verdict

Louisiana State Penitentiary lands in the middle third by violation volume (31), large enough for peer comparisons without matching the fleet's heaviest ledgers. Population served is large (6,362; larger served population (> 3,309)), so household exposure scale sits behind the violation mix. Health-based share is 71% - most of this ledger is MCL or treatment-technique exceedance. UCMR5 tested this system and reported no PFAS above the minimum reporting level.

#6,557 of 29,740
Population · /systems
#143 of 707
Population · LA
31
Total EPA violations on record
71%
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
State
Connections
1
County
West Feliciana Parish
School/Daycare
No
MCL Violations
22
Monitoring Violations
2
Treatment Tech Violations
0

Violation History

Contaminant violations recorded by EPA.

Contaminant Category Count Latest
Coliform (TCR) MCL 22 2014
Consumer Confidence Rule Other 6 2024
Coliform (TCR) MR 2 2007

Violation Count vs. the National Corpus

Louisiana State Penitentiary has 31 recorded EPA violations, 43% of the 29,740 public water systems serving 500+ people nationwide carry fewer, and 56% carry more. 71% of this system's own violations are health-based (22 of 31), and it ranks #6,557 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)

31 Lower than most fewer violations than 56% 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 58 samples detected PFAS.

Contaminant Date Result MRL Status
PFPeA 9/25/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 9/25/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 9/25/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 9/25/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 9/25/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 9/25/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 9/25/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 9/25/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 9/25/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
HFPO-DA 9/25/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 9/25/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 9/25/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 9/25/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 9/25/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOA 9/25/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 9/25/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 9/25/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBS 9/25/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 9/25/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 9/25/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxA 9/25/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 9/25/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
ADONA 9/25/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 9/25/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFUnA 9/25/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
11Cl-PF3OUdS 9/25/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
9Cl-PF3ONS 9/25/2023 <2.00 ppt 2.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 9/25/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 9/25/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTrDA 3/15/2023 <7.00 ppt 7.00 ppt Not Detected
8:2 FTS 3/15/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMPA 3/15/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeA 3/15/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFMBA 3/15/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFEESA 3/15/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NFDHA 3/15/2023 <20.00 ppt 20.00 ppt Not Detected
PFPeS 3/15/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpS 3/15/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
NEtFOSAA 3/15/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFTA 3/15/2023 <8.00 ppt 8.00 ppt Not Detected
NMeFOSAA 3/15/2023 <6.00 ppt 6.00 ppt Not Detected
PFBA 3/15/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
6:2 FTS 3/15/2023 <5.00 ppt 5.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDoA 3/15/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHpA 3/15/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
4:2 FTS 3/15/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFNA 3/15/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFOS 3/15/2023 <4.00 ppt 4.00 ppt Not Detected
PFDA 3/15/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected
PFHxS 3/15/2023 <3.00 ppt 3.00 ppt Not Detected

Health-based violations on Louisiana State Penitentiary

22 health-based rows in the tables above map to MCL or treatment-technique exceedances, verify each contaminant code on the federal SDWIS report for LA1125005.

Sources: EPA SDWIS

Nationwide peers

31 violations · 6,362 served: nearest cross-state SDWIS matches.

What to do with Louisiana State Penitentiary

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Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater