Lafourche Parish Water District No. 1 has issued a BOIL WATER ADVISORY for portions of St. Charles, Raceland, and Bayou Blue

Lafourche Parish Water District No. 1 has issued a BOIL WATER ADVISORY for portions of St. Charles, Raceland, and Bayou Blue. This advisory includes all customers serviced by the District:

– in the communities between the St. Charles Bridge and the South Coast Gas Office (on both sides of Bayou Lafourche)
– in Raceland along and adjoining Hwy 182, Hwy 652, Hwy 653, and the North Service Road
– in lower Bayou Blue along and adjoining Hwy 316 (between Bayou Bend Dr. and the Bayou Blue Pontoon Bridge)

This BOIL WATER ADVISORY is prompted by a loss in pressure. As a result of this event, the water in the affected area is of questionable microbiological quality. Therefore, as a precaution, this Boil Water Advisory is effective immediately and will remain in effect until rescinded by the District.

Everyone in the advisory area should disinfect water before consuming it, making ice, brushing teeth, using it for food preparation, and for rinsing food. This can be done by boiling water for one full minute in a clean container. The one-minute starts after the water has been brought to a rolling boil. The flat taste can be eliminated by shaking the water in a clean bottle, pouring it from one clean container to another, or by adding a small pinch of salt to each quart of water that is boiled.

The Lafourche Parish Water District will rescind this Boil Advisory upon notification from the Louisiana Department of Health– Office of Public Health after additional samples collected from our water supply have shown our water to be safe.