Drinking Water

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.