Community Water System · PWSID LA1111016

Wards Chapel Water System

Serves 1,620 peopleGroundwaterOwner: PrivateFarmerville, Louisiana
3 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 2012: 63 violations. 39 over the limit · 8 treatment lapses · 11 missed or late tests · 5 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.

39Over the limit
8Treatment lapse3 open
11Missed or late test
5Notice or report1 open

More violations on record than 95% 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

200520102012 · Treatment lapse: 12012 · Notice or report: 12013 · Missed or late test: 12014 · Missed or late test: 22014 · Missed or late test: 22015 · Missed or late test: 42015 · Missed or late test: 42015 · Missed or late test: 42015 · Missed or late test: 420152016 · Over the limit: 42016 · Over the limit: 42016 · Over the limit: 42016 · Over the limit: 42016 · Missed or late test: 12017 · Over the limit: 42017 · Over the limit: 42017 · Over the limit: 42017 · Over the limit: 42017 · Missed or late test: 32017 · Missed or late test: 32017 · Missed or late test: 32018 · Over the limit: 42018 · Over the limit: 42018 · Over the limit: 42018 · Over the limit: 42019 · Over the limit: 42019 · Over the limit: 42019 · Over the limit: 42019 · Over the limit: 42019 · Notice or report: 12020 · Over the limit: 42020 · Over the limit: 42020 · Over the limit: 42020 · Over the limit: 42020 · Treatment lapse: 22020 · Treatment lapse: 22020 · Notice or report: 22020 · Notice or report: 220202021 · Over the limit: 42021 · Over the limit: 42021 · Over the limit: 42021 · Over the limit: 42022 · Over the limit: 42022 · Over the limit: 42022 · Over the limit: 42022 · Over the limit: 42023 · Over the limit: 42023 · Over the limit: 42023 · Over the limit: 42023 · Over the limit: 42023 · Treatment lapse: 12023 · Notice or report: 12024 · Over the limit: 42024 · Over the limit: 42024 · Over the limit: 42024 · Over the limit: 42024 · Treatment lapse: 42024 · Treatment lapse: 42024 · Treatment lapse: 42024 · Treatment lapse: 42025 · Over the limit: 32025 · Over the limit: 32025 · Over the limit: 32025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
62% over the limit · 3913% treatment lapse · 817% missed or late test · 118% notice or report · 5

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 0.1940 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (2.4×)2025-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.2170 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (2.7×)2025-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.2090 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (2.6×)2024-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.2650 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (3.3×)2024-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.2850 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (3.6×)2024-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.2660 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (3.3×)2024-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.2640 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (3.3×)2023-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.2540 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (3.2×)2023-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.2180 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (2.7×)2023-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.2310 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (2.9×)2023-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.2230 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (2.8×)2022-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.2190 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (2.7×)2022-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.2540 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (3.2×)2022-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.2460 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (3.1×)2022-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.2770 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (3.5×)2021-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.2970 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (3.7×)2021-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.2810 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (3.5×)2021-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.3010 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (3.8×)2021-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.2970 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (3.7×)2020-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.2870 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (3.6×)2020-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.2810 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (3.5×)2020-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.2700 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (3.4×)2020-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.2560 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (3.2×)2019-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.2800 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (3.5×)2019-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.2810 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (3.5×)2019-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.2810 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (3.5×)2019-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.2850 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (3.6×)2018-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 0.2730 MG/L vs limit 0.0800 MG/L (3.4×)2018-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 290.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (3.6×)2018-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 298.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (3.7×)2018-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 290.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (3.6×)2017-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 280.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (3.5×)2017-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 274.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (3.4×)2017-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 275.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (3.4×)2017-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 305.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (3.8×)2016-10-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 310.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (3.9×)2016-07-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 313.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (3.9×)2016-04-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 291.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (3.6×)2016-01-01 · Trihalomethanes (TTHM): measured 264.00 UG/L vs limit 80.00 UG/L (3.3×)
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 4 results on file · action level 15 ppb

2 ppb
1.2 ppb
1 ppb
0 ppb

Open now (4)

  1. 2024-11-27Groundwater Rule ×3Failure To Address DeficiencyOpen
  2. 2020-05-27Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen

Every violation on record

  1. 2025-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.1940 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  2. 2025-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.2170 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  3. 2025-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.2090 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  4. 2024-11-27Groundwater Rule ×3Failure To Address DeficiencyOpen
  5. 2024-11-27Groundwater RuleFailure To Address DeficiencyBack in compliance
  6. 2024-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.2650 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  7. 2024-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.2850 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  8. 2024-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.2660 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  9. 2024-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.2640 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  10. 2023-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.2540 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  11. 2023-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.2180 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  12. 2023-05-23Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  13. 2023-04-18Groundwater RuleFailure To Address DeficiencyBack in compliance
  14. 2023-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.2310 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  15. 2023-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.2230 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  16. 2022-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.2190 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  17. 2022-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.2540 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  18. 2022-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.2460 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  19. 2022-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.2770 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  20. 2021-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.2970 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  21. 2021-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.2810 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  22. 2021-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.3010 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  23. 2021-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.2970 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  24. 2020-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.2870 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  25. 2020-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.2810 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
Show the other 35 entries
  1. 2020-05-27Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationOpen
  2. 2020-04-14Groundwater Rule ×2Failure To Address DeficiencyBack in compliance
  3. 2020-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.2700 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  4. 2020-02-13Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  5. 2020-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.2560 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  6. 2019-11-20Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  7. 2019-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.2800 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  8. 2019-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.2810 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  9. 2019-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.2810 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  10. 2019-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.2850 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  11. 2018-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 0.2730 MG/L · limit 0.0800 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  12. 2018-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 290.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  13. 2018-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 298.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  14. 2018-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 290.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  15. 2017-10-31Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptBack in compliance
  16. 2017-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 280.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  17. 2017-07-31Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptBack in compliance
  18. 2017-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 274.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  19. 2017-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 275.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  20. 2017-01-31Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptBack in compliance
  21. 2017-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 305.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  22. 2016-10-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 310.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  23. 2016-07-31Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptBack in compliance
  24. 2016-07-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 313.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  25. 2016-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 291.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  26. 2016-01-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)MCL, Averagemeasured 264.00 UG/L · limit 80.00 UG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  27. 2015-05-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptBack in compliance
  28. 2015-04-01Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  29. 2015-04-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Monitoring and Reporting (DBP)Back in compliance
  30. 2015-01-31Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptBack in compliance
  31. 2014-07-31Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptBack in compliance
  32. 2014-05-01Trihalomethanes (TTHM)Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptBack in compliance
  33. 2013-01-01Dbp Stage 2Failure Submit IDSE/Subpart V Plan RptBack in compliance
  34. 2012-12-02Public NoticePN Violation for NPDWR ViolationBack in compliance
  35. 2012-06-02Groundwater RuleFailure To Address DeficiencyBack in compliance

System details

Population served1,620
Service connections540
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeCommunity Water System
OwnerPrivate
StatusActive
CityFarmerville
EPA ZIP on file71241

Areas served

  • Union Parish

Reading this record

Wards Chapel Water System is a community water system that draws from groundwater and serves about 1,620 people in Farmerville, 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.