Cameron Parish Water & Wastewater District #1
PO Box 960
126 Ann Street
Cameron, La. 70631
Ph. 337-775-5660
Fax 337-775-5709
126water@camtel.net
June 14, 2021
The Cameron Parish Water and WW District #1 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 customers, 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 also 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. Treatment 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 this risk and should be considered safe.
We are required to monitor your water for the residual disinfectant level. This tells us whether we are effectively treating the water supply. During the compliance monitoring periods of (April 1, 2021) through (April 30, 2021), and (5/1/2021) through (5/31/2021) the Cameron Parish Water and WW District #1 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.
THIS IS NOT AN EMERGENCY! If it had been, you would have been notified immediately. This violation occurred during these months due to the ongoing rehabilitation/refurbishing of the Cameron Parish Water & Wastewater District #1’s water tower. As of today, the tower is still shut-in but is being filled to its capacity and samples have been taken and are being brought to the lab for testing. Once La. Dept. of Health has notified us with the approved results required by the sanitary code, the water tower well will be turned on with normal operations and circulation as it was designed to do.
For more information, please contact Kim Murphy at 337-775-5660. This notice is being sent to you by Cameron Parish Water and Wastewater District #1 – PWS LA 1023001- Date distributed: June 15th & June 17th of 2021
RUN: June 17 (Jn 30)