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Nearly three years after voters agreed to sell Ascension Parish government's sewer systems to a local company, the $9.3 million deal has officially closed.
Ascension Parish officials present sewer system changes to residents ahead of vote 4 days 17 hours 52 minutes ago Tuesday, March 16 2021 Mar 16, 2021 March 16, 2021 11:04 PM March 16, 2021 in News Source: WBRZ Share: ASCENSION - One of the four open houses took place and where the parish presented their plans to change the sewer system to residents. For Ascension, their system has cost a pretty penny, over the past ten years they've spent more than 42 million dollars on the sewer system, and now they're trying to lower that. “Ascension parish government is selling our utility system for...
Cleaner waterways coming to Ascension Parish with plans for new sewer plant 3 months 3 days 18 hours ago Monday, December 21 2020 Dec 21, 2020 December 21, 2020 5:49 PM December 21, 2020 in News Source: WBRZ Share: ASCENSION- Plans are in the works to stop dumping three million gallons of treated wastewater into Bayou Manchac and other scenic waterways as plans move forward in Ascension Parish with a parish-wide sewer for much of the east bank. Tom Pertuit, Chief Operating Officer at National Water Infrastructure said the plan will divert treated wastewater from the bayous and rivers to a sin...