Water supply under threat
Most of us consider having a safe water supply something so routine we don’t even think about it.
Sure, we might prefer filtered or bottled water for drinking. But for most of us, the water that comes out of the tap is considered by health authorities to be safe for all uses.
That’s certainly not the case in some suburban areas close to Monroe. Residents north of the city who must obtain their water from the Suburban North Water System, for instance, have been under orders from the state Department of Health and Hospitals twice this month to boil water before using it.
As our urban area continues to sprawl, more subdivisions and small communities will face these issues unless the Ouachita Parish Police Jury and the Louisiana Public Service Commission become more proactive about regulating water resource development and usage outside urban systems.
Suburban North’s problems are indicative of a larger issue. The system is one of several owned by Louisiana Land and Water Management Co., whose owner Jeff Pruett has been convicted of violating federal pollution laws.
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