SDWA Status: Enforcement Priority

• Owner: local government   Population Served:  8500   
• Location: Franklin, LA   St. Mary Parish
• Permit: Active LA1101003
• Current Notices: none found
• LA Health Preliminary 2022 Grade: B score 68/80 85%
• Points deducted: minus 7 for state violation including no water operator, inadequate disinfection, boil notices and outages that could lead to more serious problems; minus 5 points for infrastructure deficiencies noted during inspections which may lead to service disruptions and outages
• Susceptibility Rating: unknown
• Water Source – Surface
• Total capacity: unknown
• System Type: Community water system
• Staffing – 4 full time employees, 24/7 on call
• Treatment process: disinfection/chlorination
• Annual Production: unknown
• Usage: local usage unknown; US average 400 gallons per day per household, 100 gallons per day per resident
• Contact: Eugene Foulcard 337-828-6305

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:  Oct 19, 2021  Sanitary Survey, complete (State)

Significant deficiencies in Distribution, Operator Compliance and Source

Recommendations made in Management Operation

Significant Violations History: 

Treatment Technique – Surface Water Treatment Rule – from April 1, 2022 to July 31, 2022 (archived) informal enforcement action taken

Non-compliance Violations History:

Monitoring and Reporting - Lead and Copper Rule – Oct 27, 2021  unaddressed, informal enforcement action taken

Treatment Technique – Long Term 1 (May 21, 2020 – resolved) and Long Term 2 Surface Water Treatment Rule – from Feb 2, 2022 (resolved)

Consumer Confidence Rule -  from July 1, 2020  unaddressed, informal enforcement action taken

Public Notice Rule violation – from Nov 26, 2019  unaddressed, informal enforcement action taken

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