LA Drinking Water Facilities - 66.1% of currently listed with no SDWA violations

- 1,281 total Drinking Water Facilities in the state of LA (up by 2 from previous quarter)

• 434 with Current Violations
• 82 with Significant Violations (down by 28 from the previous quarter)
• 149 with Formal Enforcement Actions (in the last 5 yrs)
• 203,318 Louisiana residents are served by facilities with significant violations

DWF Profile:  Bernice Water System                  Watershed:  Region 3

SDWA Status: Enforcement Priority

• Owner: local government   Population Served:  2199  Connections: unknown
• Location: Bernice, LA Union Parish
• Permit: Active LA1111001
• Current Notices: LA Dept of Health Preliminary 2022 Grade scores this facility at F, 43%
• Susceptibility Rating: unknown
• Water Source – Groundwater
• Total capacity: unknown
• System Type: Community water system  
• Treatment process:
• Annual Production: unknown
• Usage: local usage unknown; US average 400 gallons per day per household, 100 gallons per day per resident
• Contact: Mildred Ferguson 318-285-9071

Bernice Water is a recipient of the Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund, receiving support through Louisiana Department of Health in 2015; upgrades were made to Bernice Water to meet Louisiana Sanitary Code, including construction of two new water storage tanks and emergency notification, cellular supported communication systems.

The following information gathered from federal EPA pertains to the quarter ending Sep 30, 2022 (data last refreshed on EPA database Jan 11, 2023)

Last inspection:  Sep 19, 2022 Sample Collection (State)

Violations History: 

Treatment Technique Violation – Groundwater Rule – noted May 2020 and ongoing; most recent violation noted July 11, 2022

Public Notice Rule Violation - noted starting in July 2020, ongoing

Maximum Contaminant Level Violation – Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection By-products Rule – violation noted in the most recent 10 quarters including the current reporting quarter, ended Sep 30, 2022.  Measured levels of total trihalomethane ranging from .119-.132 mg/L where the MCL= .08mg/L

Louisiana Drinking Water Facilities with Significant Violations as of the last posted quarterly inspection (Sep 30, 2022)

29 Palms Trailer Park, pop 25 (Washington)

Abita Petro Plus, pop 50 (St. Tammany)

Atlantic Alumina, LLC, pop 500 (St. James)

Bear Creek Water System*, pop 399, (Jackson)

Beekman Water System, pop 1275 (Morehouse)

Belmont Waterworks Inc., pop 2805 (Sabine)

Bernice Water System, pop 2199 (Union)

Bonita Water System, pop 426 (Morehouse)

Cajun Heritage RV Park Water System*, pop 450 (St. Martin)

Calhoun Water System*, pop 1239 (Ouachita)

Central Grant Water System, pop 2250 (Grant)

Central Water System*, pop 1350 (Webster)

Chestnut- Readhimer Water System*, pop 801 (Natchitoches)

City of Many Water System, pop 4575 (Sabine)

City of Ville Platte Water System, pop 7430 (Evangeline)

City of Winnfield*, pop 7059 (Winn)

Collinston*, pop 609 (Morehouse)

CVD Ceramics, pop 25 (Iberia)

Eagle Lake Mobile Home Park, pop 300 (St. Tammany)

East Carroll Water System North, pop 45 (East Carroll)

Edgefield Water System, pop 375 (Red River)

Elm Point Estates Water System, pop 90 (St. Martin)

Franklin Water Supply, pop 8500 (St. Mary)

G & J Mobile Home Estates, pop 186 (Lafayette)

Gilark Water System, pop 675 (Webster)

Holiday Mobile Home Villa Water System, pop 188 (Lafayette)

Indian Hills Trailer Park*, pop 100 (St. Tammany)

Insta-gator Ranch, pop 40 (St. Tammany)

Kings Court Mobile Home Park, pop 220 (Lafayette)

La Maison des Chenes Water, pop 40 (Vermillion)

Lake St John Waterworks District 1, pop 1920 (Concordia)

Lakeview Trailer Park Water System, pop 30 (Lafayette)

Leleux Trailer Park Water System, pop 150 (Iberia)

Litroe Water System, pop 369 (Union)

Magnolia Water Utilities Beverly Heights*, pop 100 (St. Tammany)

Magnolia Water Utilities Homeland Heights*, pop 234 (St. Tammany)

Marina Del Rey Water System, pop 500 (St. Tammany)

MJS Estates Water System, pop 39 (Iberia)

New Carroll Water System, pop 3618 (West Carroll)

New Orleans Algiers Waterworks, pop 52,785 (Orleans)

Newellton Water System, pop 1100 (Tensas)

Ozone Pine Subdivision, pop 75 (St.Tammany)

Paradise Point Water System, pop 90 (Jackson)

Pearl Plantation Townhouse, pop 60 (St. Tammany)

Phillips 66 Lake Charles Refinery, pop 747 (Calcasieu)

Pine Trailer Park, pop 60 (Ascension)

Pleasant Hill Water System, Town of, pop 990 (Sabine)

Port Sulphur Water District, pop 9222 (Plaquemines)

Rayville Water System, pop 4842 (Richland)

Reddell Vidrine Water District, pop 2952 (Evangeline)

River Ridge Estates Water System, pop 75 (St.Martin)

South Mansfield Water System, pop 1050 (DeSoto)

South Shreveport Mobile Villa, pop 75 (Caddo)

Southgate Mobile Home Park Water System, pop 177 (Bossier)

Southwest Allen WW District 2*, pop 8106 (Allen)

Southwest Avoyelles Water District, pop 1053 (Avoyelles)

Spring Creek Subdivision Water System, pop 444 (Jackson)

Springfield Mobile Home Park, pop 63 (Livingston)

Springhill Community Water System, pop 183 (Bienville)

St. Martin Industrial Park Water System, pop 150 (St.Martin)

St. Tammany Recreation District 2, pop 35 (St. Tammany)

St. Tammany Water District 3, pop 2920 (St.Tammany)

Tensas Water District*, pop 3843 (Tensas)

Town of Cheneyville Water System, pop 1531 (Rapides)

Town of Colfax*, pop 2552 (Grant)

Town of Ferriday Water System, pop 4193 (Concordia)

Town of Grand Coteau Water System*, pop 1650 (St. Landry)

Town of Gueydan Water System*, pop 2079 (Vermillion)

Town of Iota Water System, pop 1860 (Acadia)

Town of White Castle Water System, pop 2550 (Iberville)

Town of Zwolle Water System, pop 2385 (Sabine)

Uncle Dick Davis RV Park WS, pop 25 (St. Martin)

Vermilion Waterworks District, pop 22800 (Vermilion)

Village of Calvin WS, pop 591 (Winn)

Village of Georgetown WS, pop 302 (Grant)

Village of Mermentau Water System, pop 819 (Acadia)

Village of Parks Water System, pop 12360 (St. Martin)

Village of Sicily Island Water System, pop 930 (Catahoula)

Village of Sikes Water System, pop 639

Village of Tangipahoa Water System, pop 748 (Tangipahoa)

Village of Wilson WS, pop 885 (East Feliciana)

Youngs Community, LLC pop 135 (Lafayette)

*new to the list of significant violators as of Sep 30, 2022

The following have been removed from the list of significant violators:

Alberta Water System, pop 1860 (Bienville)

Azalea Lane Trailer Park, pop 84 (St. Tammany)

Backwood Village Water System, pop 783 (Winn)

Bel-Di-Gil Water System, pop 969 (Caddo)

Better Waterworks, pop 2160 (Ouachita)

Beverly Heights Manor, pop 100 (St. Tammany)

Cameron Parish WW District 7, pop 1567 (Cameron)

Cameron Parish WW District 9, pop 1376 (Cameron)

City of Opelousas Water System, pop 20397 (St. Landry)

Concord Water System, pop 399 (Union)

Domino Sugar, pop 360 (St. Bernard)

Downsville Water System, pop 216 (Union)

Ebarb Waterworks District 1-N Ebarb, pop 450 (Sabine)

Ebarb Waterworks District 1-N Ebarb/Belmont, pop 2250 (Sabine)

Egan Water Corporation, Egan Water Corp #2, pop 5310 (Acadia)

Entergy Louisiana, pop 200 (Calcasieu)

Enterprise Water System, pop 570 (Catahoula)

Homeland Heights, pop 234 (St. Tammany)

Jones McGinty Water, pop 696 (Morehouse)

Keithville Mobile Villa, pop 36 (Caddo)

Lakeside RV Park, pop 100 (Webster)

Mt Olive Water System, pop 645 (Bienville)

New Hope St Clair Water System, pop 420 (Jackson)

North Lake St John Water System, pop 90 (Concordia)

Oil City Waterworks, pop 2199 (Caddo)

Pendleton Water Assoc, pop 2430 (Sabine)

Pleasant Hills Crossroads Water System, pop 840 (Winn)

Pointe a la Hache Water System, pop 882 (Plaquemines)

Powhatan Water System, pop 499 (Nantioches)

S and J RV Park, pop 87 (St. Tammany)

Salem Water System, pop 753 (Union)

Shreveport Water System, pop 201,000 (Caddo)

South Toledo Bend Water District, pop 5943 (Sabine)

Te Mamou Water District, pop 2355 (Evangeline)

Tesi Jackson Square, pop 744 (Lafayette)

Town of Baldwin Water Supply, pop 2500 (St. Mary)

Town of Mamou Water System, pop 3566 (Evangeline)

Town of Montgomery Water System, pop 1317 (Grant)

Town of Plain Dealing Water System, pop 2733 (Bossier)

Utility Service of Lake Charles WS, pop 306 (Calcasieu)

Vixen WS, pop 774 (Caldwell)

Wards Chapel Water System, pop 1350 (Union)

West Sterlington Water, pop 960 (Union)

*Note that drinking water information provided on this site is aggregated from the federal EPA database, state resources and local government sources where available.

EPA publishes violation and enforcement data quarterly, based on the inspection reports of the previous quarter.  Water systems, states and EPA take up to three months to verify this data is accurate and complete.

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