Lead Service Line Inventory
All service lines on Darbonne Water are classified as Non-lead.
Darbonne Water System (North & South) is focused on protecting the health of every household in our community. This notice contains important information about your drinking water. Please share this information with anyone who drinks and/or cooks using water at this property. In addition to people directly served at this property, this can include people in apartments, nursing homes, schools, businesses, as well as parents served by childcare at this property. Under the 2021 Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR), water systems must provide people with specific information about their service lines. This requirement begins on October 16, 2024. This is a requirement from the EPA and the LDH.
Darbonne Water System (North & South) would like to let our customers know it has been determined that all of our service lines and service lines serving our customers are classified as “Non-lead”. Darbonne Water System (North & South) have no lead, galvanized requiring replacement, or lead status unknown service lines, no known lead connectors or no unknown connectors.
Darbonne Water (North & South) has determined this through customer contact, installation records, construction and/or plumbing permits, maps of the distribution system, was well as our lead and copper sample plans. As well as historical records on each service connection, meter installation records, and meter replacement records. We also used the official effective date of the Lead Ban in Louisiana as September 20, 1988.
Darbonne Water System did visual inspection where we were not able to locate records or contact customers. During visual inspection, we were able to classify the service line and/or the customer line as “non-lead”. In a few cases we used excavation/physical verification. Darbonne Water (North & South) also used Interviews and questionnaires with our engineers and experienced system staff.
After all of this research and work, we were able to classify all service lines as Non-lead.
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About Us
D'Arbonne Water System, Inc.
D’Arbonne Water System, Inc. was founded in April of 1977 by Charles Kelley, Alvin Green, Sr., Louise Johnson, Billy O'Bannon, & Edgar Ray. D'Arbonne is a water company that serves rural Union Parish.
D'Arbonne Water has been operating and providing water service since it’s opening. Today, 42 years later, we serve over 2,100 customers in Union and Claiborne Parishes in Louisiana and in Union County Arkansas. D'Arbonne Water has 7 active wells and over 600 miles of water lines.
The current board members are: Minor Patton, Pat Risinger, Bill Russell, Johnny Buckley, and Donald Holdman.
Our Staff
Nathan Wilson is our water system and water service operator. Nathan is currently a class 3 certified operator. Allen Payne, Ryan Williams, and Chris Thompson are also field technicians for D'Arbonne Water.
Our water office is well run by Office Manager Katelin Hanson and her co-worker Stephanie Walker. They are always happy to assist you with any of your needs.
We would love to serve you!
Call us today--318-285-7407