Lead & Copper...

These samples are being collected to determine the lead and copper levels in your tap water. This sampling effort is required by the Environmental Protection Agency, and is being accomplished through the cooperation of homeowners and residents. These samples are being collected to determine the lead and copper levels in your tap water. This sampling effort is required by the Environmental Protection Agency, and is being accomplished through the cooperation of homeowners and residents.

A sample is to be collected after a period of at least 6 hours during which no water is used in the home. Due to this requirement, either early mornings or evenings upon returning from work are the best times for collecting samples. A kitchen or bathroom cold-water faucet is used for sampling. The collection procedure is described in detail below.

  • A water system representative will arrange delivery of the sample bottle to the home and instruct the customer how to collect the sample.
  • Allow at least 6 hours but no more than 12 hours during which there is NO WATER USE in the house prior to sampling. Ice maker may be turn off by placing the handle in the upper position. It is recommended that either early mornings or evenings upon returning home are the best sampling times to ensure that no water has moved in the pipe during the waiting period.
  • Instruction for taking water samples:
    • Remove cap from container, but do not tear off cap tag.
    • Grip the container by the handle.
    • Place hand with container under faucet such that container opening is directly under faucet. Maintain a good grip on the handle of the container.
    • Turn on faucet slowly and allow to fill to top of container, turning off faucet just before water goes into the neck of the container. If overfill occurs, do not tip container to pour out excess.
    • Press on cap securely and place sample in agreed location for pickup by water system.
A Word of Appreciation is extended to the following families for their support in providing Lead and Copper samples from their homes.

O Quinn........................................Amy St
Skinner.........................................Amy St
Trahan..........................................Amy St
Reed........................................Babineaux
Bennett........................................Beau St
Koelemay.....................................Byrd St
Russo...........................................Byrd St
Chance............................Cooks Lndg Rd
Huval..............................Cooks Lndg Rd
Speight.......................................Dess Rd
Smith.........................................Frontway
Abney........................................Hawk Dr
Cook........................................Hood Blvd
Neugebauer............................Hood Blvd
Curtis..........................................Hwy 191
Foster.........................................Hwy 191
Davis.........................................Joyce Ln
Polson........................................Joyce Ln
Sanders........................................Kaci St
Stephens...............................Kappy Way
Britt......................................Lakeside Lp
Lakeside Baptist Church....Lakeside Lp
Kuhlow.................................Longjohn Cir
Puryear................................Longjohn Cir
Faircloth...............................Lucilania Trl
Griffiths.....................................Martel St
Morrow...........................................Miles
Blume.............................Mockingbird Ln
Hinson.......................................Oak Bluff
Lewis.........................................Oak Bluff
Tanner.......................................Oak Bluff
Tate...........................................Oak Bluff
Pitt........................................Old Hwy 476
Baggett.....................................Point 3 Dr
Fleming...................................Quiet Cove
Segura..........................................Rivulas
Shelton..................................Samatha Lp
Shadows Landing.......................Shadows
Brooks.................................Shoreline Dr
Simoneaux...........................Shoreline Dr
Thompson............................Shoreline Dr
Templeton......................S. Shoreside Dr
Bell.............................................Vista Dr

If anyone would like to be added to the list for future sampling, please call 318-586-9836.