Ground Water

• Protecting Louisiana's Ground Water Brochure 

• Recharge Potential of Louisiana Aquifers Maps

• Sole Source Aquifers  (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)

• Ground Water Baseline Monitoring Program

Drinking Water

Relationship of Drinking Water Source Programs 

• Wellhead Protection Program

• Source Water Assessment Program

• Drinking Water Protection Program

Role in Aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

Aquifer Evaluation and Protection Section Technical Staff
Front row (left to right): Micaela Marchand and Mary Gentry
Middle row (left to right): John Jennings, Howard Fielding, and Jesse Means
Back row: Tiffani Cravens

Helpful Links

• Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program - conservation and management of the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary, estuary education, coastal management

• Earth 911 - local information on recycling used motor oil, batteries, electronics

• LA Department of Transportation & Development - statewide water well registration data file, water well drilling and abandonment regulations

• LA Department of Transportation & Development - water supply availability and use, ground water data collection

• LA Department of Natural Resources - regulation and management of ground water resources, prior notification of well drilling

• LA Department of Health & Hospitals - safe drinking water program (public water supplies), private water well testing brochure

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - source water assessment and protection, drinking water quality

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - private water wells

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Nonpoint Source Pollution Toolbox             

• U.S. Geological Survey - water resources data and publications