Vixen Water System
EPA ID: LA1021011 · 774 people served · 7 ZIP codes
Vixen Water System's five-year compliance history is clean by every EPA metric — no health-based violations, no monitoring lapses, no enforcement actions on record, reflecting consistent performance for a utility that supplies water to approximately 774 residents year after year.
Data: EPA SDWIS Last verified: 2026-04-02
Compliance Trajectory
Worsening · Risk tier: High · 95% chance of violation in next 12 months
Violations went from 49 (2024) to 56 (2025). The pattern suggests growing compliance challenges.
Service Area Map
Coverage area for Vixen Water System Source: EPA SDWIS service area boundaries.
Service area boundary
Service Area Demographics
The Vixen Water System serves a community with a median household income of $44,330 and an estimated 55,926 residents across its service area. Approximately 70% of housing stock was built before 1986, which increases the likelihood of lead service lines and older plumbing.
Environmental Justice Note: 58% of the population in this service area is classified as disadvantaged under EPA's EJScreen criteria. Communities with higher disadvantaged populations often face disproportionate environmental and health burdens, including aging water infrastructure and limited resources for remediation.
💧 Where Does Your Water Come From?
Vixen Water System's water is pumped from underground aquifers. Groundwater is naturally filtered through rock and soil, but it can be vulnerable to PFAS contamination, nitrates from agriculture, and industrial chemicals that seep into the water table.
About 2% of homes in Rapides Parish, Louisiana rely on private wells rather than public water systems. Private well owners are responsible for their own water testing and treatment.
Infrastructure Risk
Comparable Water Systems
Similar-sized systems in Louisiana
Estimated Remediation Costs
Average estimated costs across ZIP codes served by this system
Based on national averages for common remediation projects. Actual costs vary by property. Only issues flagged by EPA, FEMA, or state data for each ZIP code are included.
System Overview
Vixen Water System (EPA ID: LA1021011) is a community water system in Louisiana that serves approximately 774 people from groundwater sources.
This system provides water to 7 ZIP codes across 1 community.
Violation History
Lead & Copper
No Lead and Copper Rule sampling data available for this water system.
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ZIP Codes Served
- 71301 — Alexandria
- 71302 — Alexandria
- 71303 — Alexandria
- 71306 — Alexandria
- 71307 — Alexandria
- 71309 — Alexandria
- 71315 — Alexandria
Data Sources
This report uses public data from the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS). View the full compliance record for Vixen Water System (LA1021011) on EPA.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Vixen Water System water safe to drink?
Based on EPA records, Vixen Water System has no recorded violations in the past 5 years — a positive indicator of water quality management.
How many people does Vixen Water System serve?
Vixen Water System serves approximately 774 people across 7 ZIP codes in Louisiana.
Where does Vixen Water System get its water?
The primary water source is groundwater.
Water Source & Treatment
Where this water originates and how it's treated before reaching your tap.
Source: Vixen Water System Consumer Confidence Report.
ZipCheckup is not affiliated with this water utility. Treatment and source data are sourced from the utility's published CCR filings.
The source water assessment rated the susceptibility to contamination of Vixen Water System as MEDIUM.
Treatment regime
How this utility classifies its treatment process and what each reported treatment chemical does.
Treatment chemicals and what each one does
Chemical names are reported verbatim by the utility. Purpose categories are ZipCheckup annotations based on standard drinking-water treatment practice.
Watershed exposure sources reported
Land-use and natural conditions identified in the utility's source-water assessment as potential contamination sources upstream of treatment.
Treatment classification and chemical list sourced from Vixen Water System Consumer Confidence Report.
Treatment intensity is a ZipCheckup-derived classification based on the chemicals and processes the utility reports. Chemicals and contamination sources are taken verbatim from the utility's CCR filing. Routine federal monitoring and contaminant testing shown elsewhere on this page determine whether the water meets safety standards, not the treatment classification.
Lead Service Line Inventory
Service line breakdown reported under the federal Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) inventory requirement:
This system reports zero confirmed lead service lines in its inventory. Unknown-material counts may still warrant verification.
Federal LCRI rule (effective October 2024) requires every public water system to inventory its service lines and complete lead-line replacement within 10 years.
Source: EPA SDWIS Federal Service Line Inventory (Phase 2) · Submitted 2026
ZipCheckup is not affiliated with the utility or state agency. Inventory figures render verbatim from the public LCRI submission cited above; ZipCheckup does not perform inspections or replacements.
Aesthetic water quality
These measurements describe the look, taste, and feel of the water this utility delivers. They are not contaminant violations — they sit alongside federal Secondary Maximum Contaminant Levels (SMCLs) which the EPA publishes as non-enforceable guidance.
Aesthetic measurements from Vixen Water System Consumer Confidence Report.
Aesthetic measurements are reported by the utility from its annual sampling. EPA Secondary MCLs are advisory thresholds — values outside them indicate aesthetic concerns such as taste or appearance, not health violations. Federal contaminant testing is shown in the sections above.
Notable events and violations
This section summarizes events the utility chose to disclose in its most recent Consumer Confidence Report, plus any federal compliance violations the utility recorded against itself. Both lists are utility-authored — ZipCheckup does not audit, judge, or reorder them.
Federal compliance violations on record
These entries are taken verbatim from the utility's CCR violations section. EPA defines four broad violation categories: Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL), Treatment Technique (TT), Monitoring & Reporting (M&R), and Public Notification (PN).
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MCL · TTHM12/31/2023
TTHM: MCL, LRAA
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MCL · TOTAL HALOACETIC ACIDS (HAA5)12/31/2023
TOTAL HALOACETIC ACIDS (HAA5): MCL, LRAA
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RT · PUBLIC NOTICE12/31/2023
PUBLIC NOTICE: PUBLIC NOTICE RULE LINKED TO VIOLATION
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MCL · TTHM3/31/2024
TTHM: MCL, LRAA
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MCL · TOTAL HALOACETIC ACIDS (HAA5)3/31/2024
TOTAL HALOACETIC ACIDS (HAA5): MCL, LRAA
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RT · PUBLIC NOTICE3/31/2024
PUBLIC NOTICE: PUBLIC NOTICE RULE LINKED TO VIOLATION
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MCL · TTHM6/30/2024
TTHM: MCL, LRAA
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MCL · TOTAL HALOACETIC ACIDS (HAA5)6/30/2024
TOTAL HALOACETIC ACIDS (HAA5): MCL, LRAA
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RT · CONSUMER CONFIDENCE RULE6/4/2024
CONSUMER CONFIDENCE RULE: CCR REPORT
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MCL · TTHM9/30/2024
TTHM: MCL, LRAA
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MCL · TOTAL HALOACETIC ACIDS (HAA5)9/30/2024
TOTAL HALOACETIC ACIDS (HAA5): MCL, LRAA
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TT · REVISED TOTAL COLIFORM RULE (RTCR)11/8/2024
REVISED TOTAL COLIFORM RULE (RTCR): LEVEL 1 ASSESS, MULTIPLE TC POS (RTCR)
Violations record from Vixen Water System Consumer Confidence Report.
Notable events from the utility's CCR
These bullet entries are the utility's own narration of operational, regulatory, or infrastructure events during the reporting period.
- Coliforms were found in more samples than allowed.
- TTHM detected at 217 ppb and HAA5 detected at 174 ppb at one location, exceeding MCLs of 80 ppb and 60 ppb respectively.
- We found coliforms indicating the need to look for potential problems in water treatment or distribution. During the past year we failed to conduct all of the required assessment(s).
ZipCheckup note: items above reflect what the utility published in its most recent CCR. Federal violation records are also tracked separately by the EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) — the SDWIS record is the authoritative federal source for any specific regulatory action.