Community Water System · PWSID LA1111012

Point Wilhite Ws

Serves 2,235 peopleGroundwaterOwner: PrivateDownsville, Louisiana
2 open treatment violations.

Open for: Groundwater Rule. EPA counts treatment-technique violations as health-based: a required protective step was not done. It is not a measurement of contamination.

On record since 2003: 50 violations. 16 over the limit · 2 treatment lapses · 19 missed or late tests · 13 notices or reports. Most recent began 2025-07-01.

For this year's test results, ask the utility for its annual Consumer Confidence Report. Every community system must publish one.

16Over the limit
2Treatment lapse2 open
19Missed or late test
13Notice or report3 open

More violations on record than 93% of active water systems in Louisiana. Small systems with no staff chemist often rack up missed-test violations; big utilities rarely do.

The record, year by year

2003 · Notice or report: 1200520102013 · Over the limit: 12013 · Missed or late test: 62013 · Missed or late test: 62013 · Missed or late test: 62013 · Notice or report: 22014 · Over the limit: 42014 · Over the limit: 42014 · Missed or late test: 52014 · Missed or late test: 52014 · Missed or late test: 52014 · Notice or report: 52014 · Notice or report: 52014 · Notice or report: 52015 · Over the limit: 42015 · Over the limit: 42015 · Missed or late test: 32015 · Missed or late test: 32015 · Notice or report: 120152016 · Over the limit: 42016 · Over the limit: 42016 · Missed or late test: 22017 · Over the limit: 22017 · Missed or late test: 22017 · Notice or report: 22018 · Treatment lapse: 12018 · Missed or late test: 12018 · Notice or report: 12019 · Treatment lapse: 12019 · Notice or report: 120202025 · Over the limit: 12025
One square ≈ 2 violations (rounded up), by the year they began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
32% over the limit · 164% treatment lapse · 238% missed or late test · 1926% notice or report · 13

Across Louisiana, 31% of violations are missed or late tests and 25% are water over a limit.

How far over the limit

at the limit2×5×10×100×+Trihalomethanes (TTHM)2025-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.0850 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (1.1×)2017-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 115.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.4×)2017-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 159.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (2.0×)2016-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 269.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (3.4×)2016-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 261.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (3.3×)2016-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 243.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (3.0×)2016-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 211.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (2.6×)2015-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 203.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (2.5×)2015-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 198.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (2.5×)2015-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 239.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (3.0×)2015-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 220.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (2.8×)2014-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 207.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (2.6×)2014-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 208.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (2.6×)2014-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 199.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (2.5×)2014-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 156.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.9×)2013-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 114.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (1.4×)
Each dot is one over-the-limit violation: the measured value divided by the limit it broke, on a log scale. Most legal limits for chemicals are running averages set for a lifetime of drinking, so “just over” and “ten times over” are very different news. Hover a dot for the numbers.

Lead & copper at the tap

Utilities sample taps in homes most likely to have lead pipes, and report the 90th-percentile result: 9 in 10 homes sampled came in at or below this number. Above the red line (the action level) the utility must act. The action level is not a safe level; EPA's health goal for lead is zero. EPA's file does not date these results, so they are shown highest first.

Lead, 90th percentile 3 results on file · action level 15 ppb

3 ppb
3 ppb
0 ppb

Open now (5)

  1. 2019-12-16Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  2. 2019-11-15Groundwater RuleFailure To Address DeficiencyOpen
  3. 2018-09-14Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  4. 2018-03-02Groundwater RuleFailure To Address DeficiencyOpen
  5. 2014-03-15Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen

Every violation on record

  1. 2025-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.0850 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  2. 2019-12-16Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  3. 2019-11-15Groundwater RuleFailure To Address DeficiencyOpen
  4. 2018-12-29Lead and Copper RuleLead Consumer NoticeBack in compliance
  5. 2018-09-14Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  6. 2018-03-02Groundwater RuleFailure To Address DeficiencyOpen
  7. 2017-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  8. 2017-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  9. 2017-05-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptBack in compliance
  10. 2017-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 115.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  11. 2017-01-31Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptBack in compliance
  12. 2017-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 159.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  13. 2016-10-31Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptBack in compliance
  14. 2016-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 269.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  15. 2016-07-31Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptBack in compliance
  16. 2016-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 261.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  17. 2016-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 243.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  18. 2016-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 211.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  19. 2015-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 203.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  20. 2015-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 198.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  21. 2015-05-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptBack in compliance
  22. 2015-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 239.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  23. 2015-03-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  24. 2015-03-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  25. 2015-02-07Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
Show the other 25 entries
  1. 2015-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 220.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  2. 2014-11-23Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  3. 2014-10-31Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptBack in compliance
  4. 2014-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 207.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  5. 2014-09-28Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  6. 2014-07-31Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptBack in compliance
  7. 2014-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 208.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  8. 2014-05-08Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  9. 2014-05-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptBack in compliance
  10. 2014-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 199.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  11. 2014-03-19Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  12. 2014-03-15Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  13. 2014-03-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  14. 2014-03-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  15. 2014-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 156.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  16. 2013-12-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  17. 2013-12-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  18. 2013-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 114.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LBack in compliance
  19. 2013-10-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Inadequate ReportingBack in compliance
  20. 2013-09-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  21. 2013-09-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  22. 2013-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance
  23. 2013-07-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  24. 2013-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  25. 2003-07-01Consumer Confidence RuleCCR Complete Failure to ReportBack in compliance

System details

Population served2,235
Service connections745
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerPrivate
StatusActive
CityDownsville
EPA ZIP on file71234

Areas served

  • Union Parish

Reading this record

Point Wilhite Ws is a community water system that draws from groundwater and serves about 2,235 people in Downsville, Louisiana. Everything above comes from the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), where states report every violation by every public water system.

Four kinds of violation. Only one is a measurement of the water: over the limit means a test came back above a legal maximum (an MCL). A treatment lapse means a required protective step was not done, such as disinfection, filtration, fixing a defect an inspector found, or filing a lead-pipe inventory. A missed or late test means a required test was skipped or never reported. That is the most common kind, and the most misread: it does not mean the water was bad, and it does not mean the water was fine. Notices and reports covers public notices and the annual Consumer Confidence Report.

Status. “Back in compliance” means the state recorded a return to compliance. “Period ended” means the violation's compliance period is over but no return to compliance was ever filed, which is common in older records. EPA's federal copy lags state records by months, so call the utility for anything current.