Health Department recommends private water well owners disinfect drinking water following Hurricane Francine
Free testing kits available to well owners impacted by Hurricane Francine
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Free testing kits available to well owners impacted by Hurricane Francine
LDH is lifting 'do not use' advisory; residents must flush their systems before using or drinking water
Preliminary testing results have shown paraquat remains in one area of the water system that is at the system's end point.
A water line break on Highway 603 near Verhagen Road resulted in drinking water being exposed to the chemical paraquat.
The boil water advisory was first issued on April 23.
LDH will hold technical briefing for media at 1 p.m. today
PFAS chemicals have long-term persistence in the environment and have been found in some drinking water supplies.
Private wells are not regulated in Louisiana, leaving well owners responsible for all facets of disaster preparedness, protection and maintenance of their well.
The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) is assisting the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) in its assessment and evaluation of a chemical leak that occurred at Imperial Cleaners, a now-closed dry cleaning site in downtown Minden, located in Webster Parish.
Affected water wells must be first disinfected then thoroughly flushed before a sample of water is collected for analysis by the Office of Public Health, which has set up a temporary laboratory in Berwick.
The town is using the funds to install two new ground water wells, a new water treatment facility with filters and softeners, a new ground storage tank, new water meters with automated meter reading system and more than 3,000 linear feet of new pipeline.
Residents in Sabine Parish and parts of Natchitoches Parish will receive cleaner, safer drinking water thanks to $2.6 million in improvements that are being made to the Sabine Parish Waterworks District #1