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East Feliciana Parish Water Report

Drinking-water compliance, watershed health, monitoring records, and river conditions for East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.

Water grade

C

Water score

51.3

State rank

#13

of 63

Health violations

4

EPA SDWIS, 5-year lookback

Watershed impaired

100.0%

19 water bodies assessed

Monitoring sites

7

1,147 recent measurements

Live streamflow

34%

Comite River near Olive Branch, LA

Water at a glance

Key Water Indicators for East Feliciana Parish

EPA SDWIS

Safety Grade

C

Score: 51.3 / 100

EPA SDWIS

Active Violations

4

5-year health-based lookback

EPA ATTAINS

Watershed Health

100% impaired

19 bodies assessed

USGS NWIS

Streamflow Snapshot

34% of mean

Comite River near Olive Branch, LA

EPA WQP

Monitoring Sites

7

1,147 recent readings

Source: EPA SDWIS · Safe Drinking Water Information System

Drinking Water Compliance

Compliance grade

C

Based on EPA SDWIS compliance history.

Water score

Higher scores indicate cleaner recent compliance records.

51.3/100

Health violations

4

Health-based violations

Violations per 100K served

14.4

Population-normalized SDWIS rate

Editorial analysis

Understanding East Feliciana Parish’s Water

Drinking Water Quality Overview

EPA SDWIS

East Feliciana Parish's drinking water earned a C grade, scoring 51.3 out of 100. Over the past five years, EPA SDWIS records 4 health-based violations — a pattern that public water utilities are required to disclose and correct.

Watershed Conditions

EPA ATTAINS

Under the Clean Water Act §303(d), EPA ATTAINS tracks whether waterways meet quality standards for drinking, recreation, and aquatic life (reporting cycle: 2022). A large majority — 100.0% — of assessed waterways are impaired (19 of 19 water bodies) across East Feliciana Parish's watersheds. The leading impairment causes are dissolved oxygen and fecal coliform. Impairment does not mean tap water is unsafe — it measures ambient waterway conditions upstream of treatment, not finished drinking water.

River & Streamflow Status

USGS NWIS

USGS NWIS gauge data (as of 2017-11-15T09:30:00.000-06:00) puts Comite River at 80.2 cfs — well below its long-term average at 34% of mean — low-flow conditions worth noting for water-dependent ecosystems. Streamflow is a leading indicator of drought stress, sediment load, and dilution capacity: low flows concentrate pollutants and warm water temperatures, stressing aquatic life and, in surface-water-dependent systems, the source water quality for treatment plants.

Monitoring Network

EPA WQP

EPA's Water Quality Portal (WQP) aggregates monitoring data from federal, state, and tribal agencies. East Feliciana Parish has limited coverage with 7 active monitoring sites with 1,147 recent measurements on record. Predominant monitoring categories include physical and organics, other. More monitoring sites generally indicate greater scientific attention to local water conditions — and provide the baseline data that regulators use to set future impairment listings.

Editorial advisory

What the data suggests for East Feliciana Parish

Water Verdict

East Feliciana Parish receives a below-average water quality assessment with a grade of C and a score of 51.3 out of 100. Residents should review their utility's Consumer Confidence Report and may want to consider additional water filtration for drinking.

Violation Context

East Feliciana Parish has recorded 4 health-based violations, indicating multiple instances where federal contaminant limits or treatment requirements were not met. At 14.4 violations per 100,000 people served, this rate is high and signals significant water quality management issues.

Consumer Guidance

Tap water in East Feliciana Parish meets baseline standards but the compliance record shows room for improvement, with a Grade C rating. East Feliciana Parish's drinking-water compliance score is 51.3 out of 100. The violation rate for East Feliciana Parish is 14.4 per 100,000 people served. Residents who are immunocompromised, pregnant, or have young children may benefit from using an NSF 53-certified filter. Contacting your local utility for the current Consumer Confidence Report will confirm which specific violations were recorded and whether they have been resolved. Dissolved Oxygen is the leading impairment cause in East Feliciana Parish's watershed. There are 7 active water-quality monitoring sites in East Feliciana Parish. A pipeline streamflow snapshot from the Comite River gauge is also available on this page.

Regional Context

East Feliciana Parish has better water quality than the average county in Louisiana. Its water score is 21.2 points higher than the state average, indicating stronger water system performance relative to neighboring counties.

Advisory text summarizes county-level public records and is not a replacement for your utility's current Consumer Confidence Report or direct local notices.

Contaminants & Resources

Key issues flagged in East Feliciana Parish's water environment

Watershed Impairment Causes (EPA ATTAINS)

  • 1

    Low dissolved oxygen

    Impairment cause per EPA Clean Water Act §303(d) assessment

  • 2

    Fecal coliform bacteria

    Impairment cause per EPA Clean Water Act §303(d) assessment

  • 3

    Mercury - Fish Consumption Advisory

    Impairment cause per EPA Clean Water Act §303(d) assessment

Source: EPA ATTAINS · Reporting cycle 2022

Official EPA Resources for East Feliciana Parish

EPA How's My Waterway

Interactive watershed health data for East Feliciana Parish

EPA ECHO: Drinking Water Systems

Search water utilities and violation records for East Feliciana Parish

Consumer Confidence Reports (LA)

Annual water quality reports from utilities in Louisiana

Clean Water Act §303(d)

Watershed Health

Impaired Water Bodies

100.0%

19 of 19 assessed

High concern

Top Impairment Causes

  • 1

    DISSOLVED OXYGEN

  • 2

    FECAL COLIFORM

  • 3

    MERCURY - FISH CONSUMPTION ADVISORY

Source: EPA ATTAINS · Reporting cycle 2022

Impairment is determined under the Clean Water Act §303(d): a water body is impaired when it fails to meet state-defined quality standards for designated uses (drinking, recreation, aquatic life). Assessment coverage varies by state; counties without assessed water bodies are not shown.

Past 5 years

Water Quality Monitoring

Monitoring Sites

7

Active in the past 5 years

Measurements Recorded

1.1K

1,147 total readings

Most Measured

  • Physical
  • Organics, Other
  • Microbiological

Categories measured most frequently

Data from the EPA Water Quality Portal (WQP), aggregating monitoring records from federal, state, and tribal sources. Each measurement represents a single sample analyzed for a specific characteristic (e.g., E. coli, pH, dissolved oxygen, nitrogen).

Live USGS Streamgage

River & Stream Conditions

Current Discharge

80.2cfs

Nov 15, 3:30 PM UTC

vs Long-Term Average

34%

Well below typical

Primary Streamgage

Comite River near Olive Branch, LA

USGS site
07377500
Drainage area
145 sq mi
Long-term mean
234 cfs

One representative streamgage (the one with the largest drainage area in the county). Many counties have multiple gauges; this view summarizes the primary one. The long-term mean is the full-record annual average; the percent-of-typical value compares the latest reading against that average.

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Safety Grade for East Feliciana Parish:D — Poor

Elevated violations or significant watershed impairment.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the water quality in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana?
East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana has a drinking-water quality grade of C with a score of 51.3/100, based on EPA SDWIS compliance data. The county has 4 health-based drinking water violations over the past 5 years. Watershed health, monitoring records, and streamflow snapshots are reported separately on this page.
Are there any water violations in East Feliciana Parish?
East Feliciana Parish has 4 health-based drinking water violations recorded by the EPA over the past 5 years. Health-based violations indicate instances where contaminant levels exceeded EPA Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs). Violations may have been resolved — check with your local water utility for current status.
How healthy are the watersheds in East Feliciana Parish?
EPA ATTAINS assessments under Clean Water Act §303(d) indicate 100.0% of East Feliciana Parish's 19 assessed water bodies are classified as impaired (19 impaired). The top reported causes are DISSOLVED OXYGEN, FECAL COLIFORM, MERCURY - FISH CONSUMPTION ADVISORY. Impairment means the water body fails to meet state quality standards for at least one designated use — drinking water source, recreation, aquatic life, or fish consumption. Note: watershed impairment doesn't always translate to tap-water issues; treatment plants can remove most regulated contaminants.
How much water-quality monitoring happens in East Feliciana Parish?
EPA's Water Quality Portal records 1,147 measurements from 7 monitoring sites in East Feliciana Parish over the past five years. The most frequently measured characteristic groups are Physical, Organics, Other, Microbiological. Each measurement is a single sample analyzed for one characteristic (E. coli, pH, dissolved oxygen, etc.). High monitoring density means more scientific evidence behind any reported signal — it does not by itself indicate water quality.
What's happening with rivers in East Feliciana Parish right now?
East Feliciana Parish's primary USGS streamgage on the Comite River has a pipeline snapshot of 80.2 cubic feet per second — 34% of the long-term mean of 233.97 cfs. This is well below typical — often a signal of drought stress on source water. For the latest gauge feed, visit waterdata.usgs.gov.
How does East Feliciana Parish water compare to the Louisiana average?
East Feliciana Parish's SDWIS water quality score of 51.3/100 is higher than the Louisiana state average of 30.1. The average water quality grade across Louisiana is F, based on data from 63 counties with available SDWIS data.
Is tap water safe to drink in East Feliciana Parish?
Based on EPA SDWIS data, East Feliciana Parish has a water quality grade of C (51.3/100). This indicates moderate compliance. Some violations have been recorded but overall standards are maintained. The grade speaks to the public water system, not the watershed — for watershed-level concerns, see the Watershed Health zone. For the most up-to-date information, contact your local water utility or review your Consumer Confidence Report (CCR).
Does East Feliciana Parish have clean drinking water?
East Feliciana Parish has 4 health-based drinking water violations according to EPA records. With a water quality score of 51.3/100 and grade C, the county's drinking water has had some compliance issues but continues to be monitored. Note: drinking-water compliance speaks to the public water system, not necessarily to the watershed itself — check the Watershed Health zone for ATTAINS §303(d) data.
How does East Feliciana Parish rank for water quality in Louisiana?
East Feliciana Parish ranks #13 out of 63 counties in Louisiana by SDWIS water quality score (1 = best). With a score of 51.3/100, it falls in the top third of counties statewide. The ranking reflects EPA SDWIS compliance only — not watershed impairment, monitoring density, or streamflow, which are tracked separately on this page.

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Data Sources

Drinking-water compliance data from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) via the ECHO enforcement database. Scores reflect compliance history and health-based violation counts.

Watershed health and impaired-waterway data from the EPA ATTAINS Clean Water Act §303(d) assessments, state-reported and EPA-finalized.

Water-quality monitoring counts from the EPA Water Quality Portal (WQP), federated USGS, EPA, and state agency sampling records over a rolling 5-year window.

Live streamflow from the USGS National Water Information System (NWIS), continuous discharge measurements from the largest-drainage gauge in each county, compared against the full-record long-term annual mean.

Disclaimer: This data is informational only. It is not health, legal, or professional advice. For concerns about your specific water supply, contact your local water utility.

By Evan Brooks, Data EditorUpdated Reviewed by Evan Brooks, Data Editor

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