Water rescue articles
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Water to shut off April 29 for St. Martin Water Works District No. 4 -Catahoula customers
The shut off is due to necessary repairs that are expected to take two to four hours to finish.
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Residents of Killian still without clean water; town hall providing cases of bottle water
KILLIAN - It's been several days since the water failure at Killian occurred and residents are still just now finding out days later.Alderwomen Kimberly Gill says the board and mayor have known about these problems for years. They deal with underground pipes bursting and having to be repaired. A boil advisory is issues on a monthly basis, but no permanent resolution has been discovered.Since this has been an issue for years, Gill's main concern is the lack of preparedness for situations such as...
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Ascension Parish officials sell sewer assets to National Water Infrastructure in step toward cleaner water
GONZALES - In a step to address infrastructure issues in Ascension Parish, the parish government has finalized the sale of its sewer assets and maintenance of those assets to National Water Infrastructure. The sale of the assets was voted on in April 2021 and was later sanctioned in July of that same year. Phase 1 of the transfer to NWI's maintenance of the system will see 3.5 million gallons of sewer discharge to be removed from the parish's waterways per day. Officials say the...