Fighting For City Water Rights – A Look At A Subdivision In Broussard, LA
Louisiana has been in the news a lot in recent years, first with Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, and more recently because of all the Mississippi flooding they’ve been forced to deal with. Most people can’t truly understand what it’s like living in some of these areas. You’ve probably never even heard about Broussard, LA, a place in which a subdivision is battling for water rights. In this unannexed community water problems have become so dire that people can no longer continue to live the way they have been. Something needs to be done and soon.
This subdivision hasn’t been annexed by the city even though it is entirely surrounded by Broussard. The city has concentrated on annexing commercial areas since they bring in revenue. That has left the people of the subdivision out in the cold, so to speak, when it comes to sharing the clean, fresh water available in the rest of the town. The residents of this subdivision can’t even cook or bathe with the water that they have access to. Citizens exhibit sores and blisters caused by exposure to the liquid.
Residents haven’t stood idly by as they’ve tried to find ways to overcome these problems. Although they’ve made use of water filtration systems, they go bad very quickly so the cost of operation can get very high. They have turned to drinking bottled water which means still another added expense. This water isn’t even suitable for doing laundry since it makes the clothes even dirtier. The city has yet to listen to their calls for annexation so that they can have access to fresh water.
The main reason that they’ve yet to annex them is because of money, the reason behind most things these days. It would cost a lot of money to stretch the water system to cover the subdivision. There isn’t enough money to fix the problem thanks to the fact that Louisana doesn’t have any property taxes. You’re probably wondering what the homeowners in this subdivision are supposed to do about the problem. Basically, it means that their homes have no resale value because no one wants to live there and they are without usable water in the meantime. Doc No.sdlkh-sdAE
Kristie Brown writes on a variety of topics from health to technology. Check out her websites on Emergency water filter and Emergency water treatment
