Recent News

New Disconnect Policy

October 22, 2025

On Monday, October 20, 2025, the Board of Commissioners of East Columbia Water District voted to make the following changes to the District's Disconnect Policy:

Disconnect (Nonpayment) Policy

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NEW PAYMENT BOX

November 06, 2023

Good News! We have installed a new payment box outside our main gate. Beginning January 01, 2024, we will no longer have a payment box at the Excel Mart located on the corner of Hwy 165 &...

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BE MINDFUL OF WHERE YOUR METER IS LOCATED

June 23, 2022

While out cleaning up your yard please be mindful of where your meter is located. We have had several instances of meter lids being destroyed by lawn mowers or meter lids and boxes being...

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ServLine Leak Protection Insurance

February 23, 2022

Leak Loss Protection Program: Beginning March 1, 2022 we will be offering protection against costly service bills caused by unexpected leaks up to $500 coverage per occurrence through ServLine.

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PHONES RESTORED

November 02, 2021

The phone lines have been restored. We apologize for any inconvience.

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PHONES OUT AT ECWD

November 01, 2021

East Columbia Water District currently does not have phone service. We are working on getting the lines restored as soon as possible. If you have an emergency please call Chad at 318-331-4355 or Hope...

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ECWD Receives Honors at 2021 LRWA Conference

August 09, 2021

East Columbia Water District received two honors this year at the Louisiana Rural Water Association’s (LRWA) Annual Awards Ceremony. David Barfield was named Water System Operations Specialist...

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New Rate Increases

May 12, 2021

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Notice of Rate Increase:

A utility rate increase will go into effect with the June 2021 utility bills. East Columbia Water District completed a rate study with...

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New PayStar Portal

April 06, 2021

Great News! PayStar has been updated to allow customers to create a login that will:

*Save payment methods * See payment history * Set up Payment Reminders

The new portal will also allow customers...

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Entergy Installing Power to Plant

March 23, 2021

Entergy is busy installing the power to the water treatment plant. We are hopeful that the system will be online mid April.

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GREAT NEWS - ENTERGY IS SET TO BEGIN WORK

March 05, 2021

We have great news. Entergy is scheduled to begin work installing the new three-phase eletrical lines at the new water treatment plant on March 15th. They anticipate it taking two weeks...

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East Columbia Water District's office will not open at 8:00 this morning. If the road clears up enough to drive safely we will open. If you have an emergency please call 318-331-4453 or 318-331-4273....

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BOIL ADVISORY LIFTED

September 03, 2020

As of today, 09/03/20 at 10:17 am the Louisiana Department of Health has lifted the Boil Advisary that began on 08/30/20. The system is no longer under a Boild Advisary.

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SYSTEM WIDE BOIL ADVISORY

August 31, 2020

Due to the continued power outage from hurricane Laura at our well site located in Ouachita Parish we are under a system-wide boil advisory. We will continue to be under the advisory until...

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