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Pointe A La Hache Water System

Serves an area of Plaquemines Parish, LA that includes Port Sulphur and Pointe a la Hache · 882 people served

Federal records show 20 health-based violations and 3 monitoring/reporting issues for Pointe A La Hache Water System in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved CARBON, TOTAL violation.

  • LA1075005
  • BELLE CHASSE
  • LA
  • 882 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 70037
EPA system ID LA1075005

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
20
Resolved
20
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
3

Key facts

  • Pointe A La Hache Water System draws water from 1 surface water intake.
  • Highest measured level in the last 10 years: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), 67 µg/L, federal limit 60 µg/L (1.1 times the limit), 2016.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Louisiana, April 2018.
  • Record on file since 1990, with 18 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 243 unknown out of 247 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

Contaminant Rule family Start date Status Acute
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 210 Jan 1, 2022 Resolved No
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 210 Oct 1, 2021 Resolved No
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 210 Jul 1, 2021 Resolved No
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 210 Apr 1, 2021 Resolved No
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 210 Jan 1, 2021 Resolved No
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 210 Oct 1, 2019 Resolved No
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 210 Jul 1, 2019 Resolved No
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 210 Jan 1, 2019 Resolved No
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 210 Oct 1, 2018 Resolved No
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 210 Jul 1, 2018 Resolved No
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 210 Apr 1, 2018 Resolved No
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 210 Jan 1, 2018 Resolved No
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 210 Oct 1, 2017 Resolved No
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 210 Jul 1, 2017 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 81 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Jul 1, 2017 Resolved No
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 210 Apr 1, 2017 Resolved No
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 82 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (at or just above the limit)
 220 Apr 1, 2017 Resolved No
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 210 Jan 1, 2017 Resolved No
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 210 Oct 1, 2016 Resolved No
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 67 µg/L, federal limit 60 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 220 Oct 1, 2016 Resolved No

Monitoring and reporting issues

Since October 2016

Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.

Issue Start date Status
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
 Dec 18, 2024 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Dec 7, 2017 Resolved
Public Notice
OTHER
 Feb 28, 2017 Resolved

Full record since 1990

EPA's records for Pointe A La Hache Water System go back to 1990. Before October 19, 2016 they list 18 health-based violations (15 resolved, 3 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 23 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 1 2
2000s 6 8
2010 to October 18, 2016 11 13
October 19, 2016 to 2019 13 2
2020s 5 1

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: CARBON, TOTAL, began October 2016, Resolved.

Show all 18 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 Oct 1, 2016 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 67 µg/L, federal limit 60 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2016 Resolved
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 65 µg/L, federal limit 60 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2016 Resolved
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 Apr 1, 2016 Resolved
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 Jan 1, 2016 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 81 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Oct 1, 2014 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 93 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2013 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 107 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2013 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 100 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2013 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 108 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.4 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2012 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 85 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2012 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 103 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Apr 1, 2007 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 103 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.3 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2007 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 98 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2006 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 91 µg/L, federal limit 80 µg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2006 Resolved
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jun 1, 2001 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jun 1, 2000 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 1, 1996 Archived

Enforcement actions

Louisiana regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against Pointe A La Hache Water System in 2018. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in April 2018.

Date By Action Violations covered
Apr 19, 2018 Louisiana Compliance order (no penalty) 9 violations (9 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

What the violations mean

CARBON, TOTAL

17 incidents

The system did not complete a treatment step or action that federal rules require for CARBON, TOTAL (a treatment technique violation).

The utility had to notify customers about each of these violations.

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

2 incidents

Disinfection byproduct levels exceeded the federal limit

Long-term TTHM exposure may increase bladder cancer risk

Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

1 incident

Haloacetic acid byproducts exceeded the federal limit

Long-term exposure to HAAs may increase cancer risk

Where the water comes from

Pointe A La Hache Water System draws water from 1 surface water intake. It also has an emergency connection to Dalcour Waterworks District.

Emergency or part-time connections to

Annual water quality report

Pointe A La Hache Water System must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.

Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search

Testing your own water

To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Louisiana.

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