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Morgan City Water System

Serves Morgan City, St. Mary Parish, LA · 12,703 people served

Federal records show 3 health-based violations and no monitoring/reporting issues for Morgan City Water System in the last ten years. The most serious issue in this window was a resolved Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule violation.

  • LA1101005
  • MORGAN CITY
  • LA
  • 12,703 served

System profile

Source water Surface water
ZIP 70381
EPA system ID LA1101005

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
3
Resolved
3
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
Yes
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
0

Key facts

  • Morgan City Water System draws water from 2 surface water intakes (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use).
  • Record on file since 1986, with 13 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 5,421 unknown out of 5,711 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
Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 120 Jan 1, 2024 Resolved Yes
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 210 Oct 1, 2021 Resolved No
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 210 Jul 1, 2021 Resolved No

Full record since 1986

EPA's records for Morgan City Water System go back to 1986. Before October 19, 2016 they list 13 health-based violations (13 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 2 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1980s 5 0
1990s 5 0
2000s 3 0
2010 to October 18, 2016 0 2
2020s 3 0

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: CARBON, TOTAL, began July 2004, Archived.

Show all 13 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 Jul 1, 2004 Archived
CARBON, TOTAL
Treatment technique failure
 Apr 1, 2004 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Mar 1, 2001 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Dec 1, 1998 Archived
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Sep 15, 1998 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Oct 1, 1994 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Feb 1, 1994 Archived
Surface Water Treatment Rule
Treatment technique failure
 Nov 1, 1993 Archived
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 1, 1989 Archived
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jul 1, 1987 Archived
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Apr 1, 1987 Archived
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Jan 1, 1987 Archived
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
 Oct 1, 1986 Archived

What the violations mean

CARBON, TOTAL

2 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.

Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule

1 incident

The system did not meet a filtration or treatment requirement for surface water

Inadequate treatment of surface water can let pathogens such as Cryptosporidium and Giardia through

Where the water comes from

Morgan City Water System draws water from 2 surface water intakes (1 of them for emergency, seasonal or other part-time use). 2 other community water systems buy water from Morgan City Water System.

Community systems that buy water from it

Annual water quality report

Morgan City 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.

Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.

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Testing your own water

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