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Date Posted: 09:57:00 05/16/07 Wed
In reply to:
DE smies
's message, "When ya gotta go ya gotta go..." on 03:41:56 05/16/07 Wed
I knew that you didn't have the sense to keep your water clean.
>Fecal Bacteria on Rise in Louisiana Bayous
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>HOUMA, La. -- Fecal coliform bacteria, found in human
>and animal waste, has grown to unsafe levels in some
>Terrebonne and Lafourche parish area bayous.
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>The bacteria get into local waterways because of
>nearby cattle farms, the high number of nutria that
>live in marshes and bayous, and from clogged septic
>systems at private homes.
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>The Department of Environmental Quality is
>spearheading an effort to study bacteria levels in
>Bayou Lafourche, which supplies much of Terrebonne and
>Lafourche with drinking water. Health officials advise
>against swimming in area bayous, particularly if you
>have cuts, scrapes or open sores.
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>The water coming into local homes is safe to drink
>because chemicals used to treat water in municipal
>plants eliminate any bacterial threat, said Department
>of Environmental Quality spokesman Howard Fielding.
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>Local officials are hoping to improve water quality
>with efforts that include water testing and a mandated
>inspection process.
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>Fielding said he eventually hopes to ask the Lafourche
>Parish Council to hire septic-system inspectors and
>maybe even fine violators.
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>"We're not there yet," he said. "We have some more
>work to do before we get to that stage. Right now
>we're trying to get our ducks in a row."
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>Al Levron, Terrebonne Parish's public-works director,
>agrees that inspectors are probably the only way to
>curb contamination, adding he thinks federal money
>will be needed to make that happen.
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>"It's essentially a financial problem," Levron said.
>"We either need federal grants for the construction of
>a new public sewerage system or to pay for parishwide
>inspectors. Both options will be expensive."
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>In the meantime, chemicals will be used to make the
>water safe for human consumption, an option that makes
>water treatment increasingly expensive.
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