Is Gardner Community Water Tap Water Safe? Quality Report

Water source: Ground water
Ownership: Private
Counties served: Rapides Parish

Compliance record

Formal violations the EPA has on file for this supplier. A health-based violation means a contaminant limit or a required treatment was breached; the rest are monitoring or reporting failures — still violations, but not a measured health risk.

health-based violations

violations on file

still open

Violation	Type	Status	Period
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2013-08-01 → 2013-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2013-08-01 → 2013-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2013-08-01 → 2013-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	2013-08-01 → 2013-08-31
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2012-04-01 → 2012-04-30
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2012-04-01 → 2012-04-30
MCL	Health-based	Archived	2012-04-01 → 2012-04-30
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1993-10-01 → 1993-10-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1993-10-01 → 1993-10-31
MCL	Health-based	Resolved	1993-10-01 → 1993-10-31

Other contaminants detected

Each bar shows the measured level as a share of the EPA limit: green is well under, amber is close to it, red is over. For lead and copper the limit applies to exactly the 90th-percentile figure shown, so red there means a real exceedance. For everything else the limit applies to a running annual average while the figure is the 95th percentile of this system's samples — over 100% is worth reading, but is not by itself a violation. Where a single sample came in higher than that percentile, it is noted under the bar. Formal violations are listed separately.

Contaminant	Level vs EPA limit	Detection rate	Source	Period
Lead	4 µg/L 27% of the EPA limit 15 µg/L worst single sample: 9 µg/L	33/45	SYR4	2014–2017
Copper	300 µg/L 23% of the EPA limit 1300 µg/L	32/45	SYR4	2014–2017
Bromodichloromethane	7.5545 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 7.6 µg/L	14/14	SYR4	2013–2019
Chloroform	7.975 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 8.3 µg/L	14/14	SYR4	2013–2019
Dibromochloromethane	7.415 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 8 µg/L	14/14	SYR4	2013–2019
TTHM	24.35 µg/L 30% of the EPA limit 80 µg/L worst single sample: 25 µg/L	14/14	SYR4	2013–2019
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	35.17 µg/L 59% of the EPA limit 60 µg/L worst single sample: 41.8 µg/L	14/14	SYR4	2013–2019
Dibromoacetic Acid	2.48 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.6 µg/L	13/14	SYR4	2013–2019
Dichloroacetic Acid	3.74 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 4.1 µg/L	13/14	SYR4	2013–2019
Trichloroacetic Acid	2.86 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 3.4 µg/L	13/14	SYR4	2013–2019
Nitrate-Nitrite	76 µg/L 0.8% of the EPA limit 10000 µg/L	12/48	SYR4	2012–2019
Lead	0.0 mg/L 0% of the EPA limit 0.0150 mg/L	11/11	LCR	2023
Bromoform	2.364 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 2.4 µg/L	10/14	SYR4	2013–2019
Fluoride	1065 µg/L 27% of the EPA limit 4000 µg/L worst single sample: 1100 µg/L	8/8	SYR4	2014–2017
Lithium	36 µg/L No EPA limit set	6/6	UCMR-5	2024
Monochloroacetic Acid	38.76 µg/L No EPA limit set worst single sample: 41.8 µg/L	5/14	SYR4	2013–2019
Barium	41.1 µg/L 2.1% of the EPA limit 2000 µg/L worst single sample: 45 µg/L	4/8	SYR4	2014–2017
Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate	1.054 µg/L 18% of the EPA limit 6 µg/L worst single sample: 1.09 µg/L	4/8	SYR4	2014–2017
Combined Radium (-226 And -228)	0.4050 pCi/L 8.1% of the EPA limit 5 pCi/L	1/4	SYR4	2017
Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon And U	5 pCi/L 33% of the EPA limit 15 pCi/L	1/7	SYR4	2014–2017
Gross Beta Particle Activity	4 pCi/L No EPA limit set	1/8	SYR4	2014–2017

89 contaminants tested, none detected

1,1,1-Trichloroethane1,1,2-Trichloroethane1,1-Dichloroethylene1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE1,2-Dichloroethane1,2-Dichloropropane11Cl-PF3OUdS2,4,5-TP2,4-D4:2 Fts6:2 Fts8:2 Fts9Cl-PF3ONSAdonaAntimony, TotalArsenicAtrazineBhc-GammaBenzeneBenzo(A)PyreneBeryllium, TotalChlorobenzeneCyanideCadmiumCarbofuranCarbon TetrachlorideChlordaneChromiumCombined UraniumDichloromethaneDalaponDi(2-ethylhexyl) AdipateDinosebDiquatEthylene DibromideEndothallEndrinEthylbenzeneGlyphosateHexachlorobenzeneHfpo-DaHeptachlorHeptachlor EpoxideHexachlorocyclopentadieneLassoMercuryMethoxychlorMonobromoacetic AcidNetfosaaNfdhaNmefosaaOxamylPfbaPFBSPfdaPfdoaPfeesaPfhpaPfhpsPfhxaPFHXSPfmbaPfmpaPFNAPFOAPFOSPfpeaPfpesPftaPftrdaPfunaPentachlorophenolPicloramSeleniumSimazineStyreneTetrachloroethyleneThallium, TotalTolueneTotal Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)ToxapheneTrichloroethyleneVinyl ChlorideXylenes, Totalcis-1,2-DichloroethyleneO-DichlorobenzeneP-Dichlorobenzenetrans-1,2-Dichloroethylene

Utility contact

Contact: JOWERS, BILLY
Phone: 318-793-4568
Email: gwa2009@att.net

Frequently asked questions about Gardner Community Water

Is Gardner Community Water tap water safe to drink?

EPA monitoring detected 21 contaminants in Gardner Community Water's water. A detection isn't the same as a violation — most levels are within federal limits. See each level and source above, and the utility's annual Consumer Confidence Report for its official compliance status.

What contaminants were detected in Gardner Community Water's water?

EPA monitoring detected Lead, Copper, Bromodichloromethane, Chloroform, Dibromochloromethane, and others. The full list with the level and data source for each is above.

How many people does Gardner Community Water serve?

Gardner Community Water reports serving 4,566 people in Louisiana, per its EPA record.

Has Gardner Community Water had any water quality violations?

The EPA has 32 violations on file for Gardner Community Water, of which 30 are health-based (a contaminant limit or required treatment was breached) and 0 remain open. The rest are monitoring or reporting failures.

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is official EPA drinking-water monitoring — the Lead & Copper Rule, the UCMR-5 nationwide testing program, and the EPA Six-Year Review — not our own testing. Each number is labelled with its source and period.