Vermilion Parish Water Quality

Name: Vermilion Parish Water Quality Data (2026)
Creator: PurityMap
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Vermilion Parish, Louisiana: one city report built from EPA and utility records. A county has many suppliers; each city shows the system that serves it.

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Across the county's systems

Highest result for each contaminant

One row per contaminant: the highest result any system in the county reported, against its limit. Open a row for the systems behind it.

LithiumCITY OF ABBEVILLE WATER SYSTEM10 µg/L EPA health reference level (screening, not a legal limit) · US EPA12.8 µg/L

CITY OF ABBEVILLE WATER SYSTEM12.8 µg/LSample date: 2024-02-07 to 2024-08-21

Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS)CITY OF ABBEVILLE WATER SYSTEM10 ng/L federal MCL (2024) · US EPA3.7 ng/L

CITY OF ABBEVILLE WATER SYSTEM3.7 ng/LSample date: 2024-02-28 to 2024-08-21

Lead (90th percentile)CITY OF ABBEVILLE WATER SYSTEM15 µg/L federal action level · US EPA3 µg/L

CITY OF ABBEVILLE WATER SYSTEM3 µg/LMonitoring period: 2021–2023

28 PFAS tested, none detected in this systemShow

Tested in this system: CITY OF ABBEVILLE WATER SYSTEM

11-Chloroeicosafluoro-3-oxaundecane-1-sulfonic acid (11Cl-PF3OUdS)
1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorodecane sulfonic acid (8:2 FTS)
1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (4:2 FTS)
1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (6:2 FTS)
4,8-Dioxa-3H-perfluorononanoic acid (ADONA)
9-Chlorohexadecafluoro-3-oxanone-1-sulfonic acid (9Cl-PF3ONS)
Hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA) (GenX chemicals)
N-ethyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NEtFOSAA)
N-methyl perfluorooctanesulfonamidoacetic acid (NMeFOSAA)
Nonafluoro-3,6-dioxaheptanoic acid (NFDHA)
Perfluoro (2-ethoxyethane) sulfonic acid (PFEESA)
Perfluoro-3-methoxypropanoic acid (PFMPA)
Perfluoro-4-methoxybutanoic acid (PFMBA)
Perfluorobutanesulfonic acid (PFBS)
Perfluorobutanoic acid (PFBA)
Perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA)
Perfluorododecanoic acid (PFDoA)
Perfluoroheptanesulfonic acid (PFHpS)
Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA)
Perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA)
Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA)
Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS)
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)
Perfluoropentanesulfonic acid (PFPeS)
Perfluoropentanoic acid (PFPeA)
Perfluorotetradecanoic acid (PFTA)
Perfluorotridecanoic acid (PFTrDA)
Perfluoroundecanoic acid (PFUnA)

1 city

Cities ranked by the records

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AbbevilleCITY OF ABBEVILLE WATER SYSTEM
PFAS detected, within limitLead below action level
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Showing 1 of 1 cities · scores are system-level, not tap tests

Ranked by the Purity Score of each city's main water system, highest first. Scores belong to water systems; there is no county score. The score is computed only from contaminants measured in the published EPA record, so this ranks the record, not which city's water is safest. How the score works.

PFAS in Vermilion ParishPFAS detected in 1 of 1 city; none had a sample above a 2024 EPA limit

4.0 ng/L federal MCL · PFOS, ng/LPFAS in Louisiana

Lead

0of 1 city above the 15 µg/L action level

Based on each system's 90th-percentile result. Lead from household plumbing isn't in this record.

Lead in Louisiana

Who supplies the county

Largest water systems

AbbevilleCITY OF ABBEVILLE WATER SYSTEM · LA1113001
14,217 served

Questions

Frequently asked

How does Vermilion Parish tap water compare across cities?

PurityMap ranks 1 city in Vermilion Parish by the Purity Score of each city's main water system, computed only from contaminants measured in the published EPA record. Scores belong to water systems, not to cities. The highest published score is Abbeville's main water system: CITY OF ABBEVILLE WATER SYSTEM · PWSID LA1113001 · Purity Score 89 (Good) · Confidence: moderate · Assessed at the water-system level. The ranking compares the records, not which city's water is safest, and your own tap can differ with household plumbing.

How many Vermilion Parish cities had a PFAS sample above a 2024 EPA limit?

None of the 1 Vermilion Parish city report had a PFAS sample above a 2024 EPA limit in EPA's UCMR 5 testing. PFAS were detected below the limit in 1.

Is there lead in Vermilion Parish tap water?

Utilities report lead as a 90th-percentile result from home taps. 1 of 1 Vermilion Parish cities reported a value above zero, and none was above the 15 µg/L federal action level. Lead usually comes from a building's own pipes and fixtures, so only a test at your tap tells you what you drink.

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