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Secure .gov websites use HTTPS LDH is moving forward with a plan to distribute food benefits on EBT cards. If the USDA, who administers the SNAP program, is prepared and ready to move money into states’ accounts, we will use federal dollars to fund SNAP recipients’ accounts. If they are not ready, LDH will proceed with our state-funded program to provide food assistance to the elderly, the disabled, and households with children through their existing EBT cards.
LDH News
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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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Walnut Bayou Water System testing results show no sign of paraquat in system
LDH is lifting 'do not use' advisory; residents must flush their systems before using or drinking water
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LDH issues additional 'do not use' guidance for Walnut Bayou Water System after testing
Preliminary testing results have shown paraquat remains in one area of the water system that is at the system's end point.
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LDH issues 'do not use' water advisory for area served by Walnut Bayou Water System in Madison Parish
A water line break on Highway 603 near Verhagen Road resulted in drinking water being exposed to the chemical paraquat.
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LDH notifies Town of Killian boil water advisory can be lifted
The boil water advisory was first issued on April 23.
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LDH releases final water grades for 951 Louisiana water systems
LDH will hold technical briefing for media at 1 p.m. today
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Public health notice: LDH notifies public of updated EPA drinking water advisories
PFAS chemicals have long-term persistence in the environment and have been found in some drinking water supplies.
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Louisiana Department of Health advises owners to prepare private water wells for hurricane season
Private wells are not regulated in Louisiana, leaving well owners responsible for all facets of disaster preparedness, protection and maintenance of their well.
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Public health notice: LDH assists LDEQ in its evaluation of a chemical leak in Minden, Webster Parish
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.
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Louisiana Department of Health recommends private water well owners disinfect drinking water following Hurricane Ida
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.
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Town of Mamou to invest $5 million in improvements to drinking water system
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.
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Sabine Parish and Parts of Natchitoches Parish to Receive Upgrades to Drinking Water
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