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Rapides Parish, LA

Moderate Risk (47/100)

A PlainEnviro-computed score from reported facility/violation counts, not an official EPA rating, health forecast, or population-adjusted rate. See methodology.

Environmental data for Rapides Parish in Louisiana

Rapides Parish, LA is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 15 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilities, 15 Safe Drinking Water Act systems, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 47/100 (Moderate Risk), calibrated against national distributions for facility density, chemical release volume, Superfund concentration, and water-system health violations.

Industrial disclosures inside the county total 2.9M lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 9 water systems carry an active health-based violation in the SDWIS record. No EPA Air Quality System monitors currently report data for this county.

All figures below draw directly from federal EPA records, TRI self-reported emissions, SDWIS compliance history, NPL Hazard Ranking System scores, and AQS daily AQI summaries, and are not adjusted, weighted, or forecast. A past violation or elevated score does not itself indicate current unsafe conditions; it documents the regulatory and disclosure history publicly filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through the most recent reporting cycle.

TRI Facilities
15
Water Systems
15
Superfund Sites
0
Total Releases
2.9M lbs

Water Systems (15)

System Population Violations
CITY OF PINEVILLE WATER SYSTEM 20,358 10
BUCKEYE WATER DISTRICT 50 12,078 0
RAPIDES ISLAND WATER ASSOCIATION INC 5,658 0
TOWN OF WOODWORTH WATER SYSTEM 4,818 0
GARDNER COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM 4,566 0
FOREST HILL UTILITIES 3,600 0
LENA WATER SYSTEM INC 3,540 3
EMC WATER SYSTEM INC 3,135 2
TOWN OF GLENMORA WATER SYSTEM 2,472 0
TOWN OF CHENEYVILLE WATER SYSTEM 1,531 9
WARD 6 WATER ASSOCIATION OF RAPIDES 1,410 9
TOWN OF BOYCE WATER SYSTEM 1,095 1
POLAND WATER ASSOCIATION 1,044 2
VIXEN WATER SYSTEM 774 262
VILLAGE OF MCNARY WATER SYSTEM 587 5

TRI Facilities (15)

# Facility Total Releases
1 Brame Energy Center 2.4M lbs
2 Boise Cascade Wood Products Alexandria Ewp 226.5K lbs
3 Stella-Jones Corp 54.7K lbs
4 Safety-Kleen Systems Pineville (pin) 53.6K lbs
5 Stella-Jones Corp 53.2K lbs
6 Hexion Inc - Alexandria Plant 34.9K lbs
7 US Army National Guard-Camp Beauregard Range(s) 32.4K lbs
8 Eclectic Products LLC 15.3K lbs
9 Union Tank Car - Alexandria Manufacturing Facility 3.0K lbs
10 The Willamette Valley Co LLC 1.9K lbs
11 Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Co Alexandria Plant 1.8K lbs
12 Dis-Tran Overhead Solutions LLC 1 lbs
13 River City Ready Mix - Alexandria Ready Mix Plant #1 0 lbs
14 Rinker Alexandria Pipe 0 lbs
15 Cargill Feed & Nutrition Lecompte 0 lbs

Cities in Rapides Parish (4)

Alexandria
Pop: -
5 facilities · 4 water
Lecompte
Pop: -
1 facilities · 0 water
Pineville
Pop: -
7 facilities · 2 water
Lena
Pop: -
2 facilities · 1 water

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the environmental risk level in Rapides Parish, Louisiana? ▼
Rapides Parish, LA has an environmental risk score of 47/100 (Moderate Risk), based on 15 TRI facilities, 0 Superfund sites, and 15 water systems on record. 9 water systems have health-based violations. Source: EPA TRI, SDWIS, and Superfund NPL.
Are there Superfund sites in Rapides Parish? ▼
No Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) sites are currently registered in Rapides Parish, LA in the EPA database.
How many toxic release facilities are in Rapides Parish? ▼
Rapides Parish, LA has 15 TRI-reporting facilities on record with the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, with a combined total of 2.9M lbs in reported toxic releases. TRI facilities self-report annual chemical release data to the EPA.
What is the air quality in Rapides Parish? ▼
Air quality monitoring data (EPA AQS) is not available for Rapides Parish, LA. This may indicate no EPA monitoring stations are located in the county. For regional air quality data, see the state environmental profile or visit EPA's AirNow.gov.
Is the drinking water safe in Rapides Parish? ▼
Rapides Parish, LA has 15 EPA-regulated water systems. 9 systems have reported health-based violations (MCL exceedances). A past violation does not necessarily mean water is currently unsafe. For current water quality, contact your local water utility. Source: EPA SDWIS.
What environmental agencies cover Rapides Parish? ▼
Environmental compliance in Rapides Parish, Louisiana is overseen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the federal level and the Louisiana state environmental agency. Facilities report to the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, water systems are regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act, and contaminated sites are managed under the Superfund program. Contact your state environmental agency for local concerns.

What does this county environmental profile show?

This county environmental profile rolls up EPA Toxics Release Inventory facility reports, Safe Drinking Water Information System public-water-system filings, and Superfund National Priorities List sites for the county boundary defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Facility counts reflect facilities with a reporting address inside the county, not where downstream environmental effects may be observed. Population figures are from the most recent Census ACS 5-year estimate. The county detail page is updated whenever the upstream EPA programs publish revised data; see the methodology page for the documented ingest cadence and the editorial choices governing how aggregations are computed.

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