NOTICE OF VIOLATION for November and December of 2024.
The Sarepta Water Works District is currently in violation of the treatment technique requirements for minimum residual disinfectant level as set forth by the State (Part XII of the Louisiana State Sanitary Code). Although this incident is not an emergency, as our customer, you have a right to know what happened and what we are doing to correct this situation.
The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) has determined that the presence of microbiological contaminants is a health concern at certain levels of exposure and requires the disinfection of drinking water to kill disease–causing organisms. Inadequately treated water may contain disease-causing organisms. These organisms include bacteria, viruses and parasites which can cause symptoms such as nausea, cramps, diarrhea, and associated headaches. These symptoms, however, are not just associated with disease causing organisms in drinking water, but may be caused by a number of factors other than your drinking water. LDH has set enforceable requirements for treating drinking water to reduce the risk of these adverse health effects. Treatments such as filtering and disinfecting the water removes and destroys microbiological contaminants. Drinking water which is treated to meet LDH requirements is associated with little to none of the risk and should be considered safe.
We are required to monitor your water for the residual disinfectant level. This tells us whether you are effectively treating the water supply. During the compliance monitoring periods of 11/1/2024 through 11/30/24 and 12/1/24 and 12/31/24, the Sarepta Water Works District failed to provide the minimum residual disinfectant level in the treated water supplied to customers. The violation occurred because the treated water chlorine residual was less than 0.5 milligrams per liter in over five percent of the samples collected in the water system in two consecutive months.
You do not need to boil your water or take other corrective actions. However, if you have specific health concerns, consult your doctor.
Please share this information with all the other people who drink this water, especially those who may not have received this notice directly (for example, people in apartments, nursing homes, schools and businesses). You can do this by posting this notice in a public place or distributing copies by hand or mail.
In addition, specify the steps being taken to comply, as well as when the water system expects to return to compliance, must also be included in this notice.
Our supply of chlorine ran low and our supplier did not get our delivery to us in a timely manner. System returned to compliance in December 2024. For more information please contact Betty Ballard or Connie Smith at 318-377-6138.
This notice is sent by Sarepta Water Works District PWS ID # LA1119025
NEW BILLING INFORMATION
- We have changed our billing service and the ways we accept payments. During the transition to the new billing system, we are providing continued office hours at our Sarepta Water Office. The drop box is still available but if you decide to use the drop box, please be aware that it will only be sent to the billing office once or twice a week to be posted to your account so if you feel that it is not being posted in a timely manner, then please use our PO Box 1527, Minden, LA 71058.
- The Billing Office is open Monday – Friday from 9:00am to 2:00pm and can be reached at 318-377-6138 or 318-745-3498
- Please look on the back of your water bill for helpful information.
- Payments can be mailed through the US Postal Service to: Make payable to Sarepta Water Works, PO Box 1527, Minden, LA 71058.
- You may pay your bill over the phone at 1-866-PAYCLIX or 1-866-729-2549
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MORE INTERESTING WATER FACTS
Water supply systems get water from a variety of locations after appropriate treatment, including groundwater (aquifers), surface water (lakes and rivers), and the sea through desalination. The water treatment steps include, in most cases, purification, disinfection through chlorination and sometimes fluoridation.
- Treated water then either flows by gravity or is pumped to reservoirs, which can be elevated such as water towers or on the ground (for indicators related to the efficiency of drinking water distribution see non-revenue water). Once water is used, wastewater is typically discharged in a sewer system and treated in a sewage treatment plant before being discharged into a river, lake or the sea or reused for landscaping, irrigation or industrial use (see also sanitation).
Drinking water quality has a micro-biological and a physico-chemical dimension. There are thousands of parameters of water quality. In public water supply systems water should, at a minimum, be disinfected most commonly through the use of chlorination or the use of ultra violet light or it may need to undergo treatment, especially in the case of surface water. For more details, please see the separate entries on water quality, water treatment and drinking water.