Assumption Parish Waterworks District 1

We are thrilled to present to you the Annual Water Quality Report for the yr 2016. This document is designed to inform you about the first-class of your water and services we deliver to you each day. Our regular purpose is to offer you a safe and dependable supply of consuming water. We need you to understand the efforts we make to usually enhance the water treatment system and defend our water sources. We are dedicated to making sure the excellent of your water. A Source Water Assessment Plan (SWAP) is now available from our office. This plan is an assessment of a delineated area around our listed assets through which contaminants, if present, should migrate and reach our source water. It also includes a stock of ability resources of infection inside the delineated location, and a dedication of the water supply's susceptibility to contamination by the identified capability assets. According to the Source Water Assessment Plan, our water gadget had a susceptibility rating of 'HIGH'. If you would like to overview the Source Water Assessment Plan, please sense free to touch our workplace. To make sure that faucet water is secure to drink, EPA prescribes guidelines which restrict the number of certain contaminants in water supplied using public water systems. Food and Drug Administration rules set up limits for contaminants in bottled water which have to offer equal safety for public fitness. We want our valued clients to be knowledgeable approximately their water application. If you have any questions approximately this record, need to attend any scheduled conferences, or truly need to research more about your consuming water, please touch BERNARD J FRANCIS at 985-369-6156. The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals - Office of Public Health automatically video display units for elements in your drinking water according to Federal and State laws. The tables that observe display the results of our monitoring for the duration of the period of January 1st to December 31st, 2016. Drinking water, such as bottled water, might also reasonably be predicted to comprise at least small quantities of a few contaminants. The presence of contaminants does no longer always imply that water poses a health risk. Some people may additionally be more prone to contaminants in consuming water than the well known populace. Immuno-compromised individuals such as men and women with most cancers present process chemotherapy, men and women who have passed through organ transplants, humans with HIV/AIDS or different immune system problems, a few aged, and babies can be mainly at risk from infections. These human beings ought to searching for advice approximately ingesting water from their fitness care carriers. EPA/CDC recommendations on appropriate manner to lessen the chance of infection via Cryptosporidium and other microbial contaminants are to be had from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800–426–4791). Some human beings who drink water containing haloacetic acids in extra of the MCL over many years may also have a multiplied threat of getting cancer. Some people who drink water containing trihalomethanes over the MCL over many years may additionally experience issues with their liver, kidneys, or important frightened systems, and may also have an elevated risk of getting cancer. Coliforms are a microorganism that is naturally present in the surroundings and are used as an indicator that different, probably-dangerous, microorganism may additionally be present. Coliforms had been determined in more samples than allowed and this changed into a warning of capacity troubles. There are no extra required fitness outcomes violation notices. We located coliforms indicating the need for appearance for capability problems in water treatment or distribution. When this takes place, we are required to conduct an assessment(s) to discover troubles and to correct any problems that were found throughout these checks. During the beyond yr we had been required to conduct one Level 1 assessment. One Level 1 assessment changed into finished. Thank you for allowing us to retain presenting your circle of relatives with easy, first-rate water this 12 months. To keep a safe and reliable water supply, we sometimes want to make enhancements that will advantage all of our clients. We at the ASSUMPTION PARISH WW DISTRICT 1 work around the clock to provide pinnacle nice consuming water to each faucet. We ask that all our customers help us shield and conserve our water resources, which are the coronary heart of our community, our manner of lifestyles, and our children's future. Please call our workplace if you have any questions..

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