Recent News

NEW PAYMENT BOX

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 & Hwy 4...

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BE MINDFUL OF WHERE YOUR METER IS LOCATED

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 damaged...

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ServLine Leak Protection Insurance

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...

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PHONES RESTORED

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

 

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PHONES OUT AT ECWD

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...

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ECWD Receives Honors at 2021 LRWA Conference

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 of...

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New Rate Increases

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 Louisiana...

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New PayStar Portal

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...

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Entergy Installing Power to Plant

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

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 to...

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OFFICE CLOSED

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...

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BOIL ADVISORY LIFTED

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

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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Intermittent Outages & Boil Advisory (09/12/2020-09/30/2020)

EAST COLUMBIA WATER DISTRICT - WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS

CONTRACT #2 – REPLACE 4” MAIN LINE WITH 6” MAIN LINE ON HWY 4

INTERMITTENT OUTAGES EXPECTED 09/12/20 THROUGH 09/30/20

BOIL ADVISORY WILL...

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Office Open

As of Monday, May 15, 2020 our office is open for walk-in traffic. 

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OFFICE CLOSED TO WALK INS

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY

 

IN COMPLIANCE WITH GOVENOR EDWARDS EXECUTIVE ORDER AND OUT OF CONCERN FOR OUR CUSTOMERS OUR OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED TO WALK-IN TRAFFIC.

FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE THERE HAVE...

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