Over the years, Louisiana surely has gotten its fair share of news coverage thanks to Hurricane Katrina and the Mississippi flooding. Even though most people are aware of the news coverage, they truly have no idea what it’s like to live down there. There is also another water crisis happening down there, this time in a small subdivision in Broussard, LA. In this unannexed community water problems have become so dire that people can no longer continue to live the way they have been. It is vital that something be done about the situation quickly.

Although this subdivision is completely surrounded by Broussard, it has not been annexed to the city. Thanks to the fact that commercial areas bring in more revenue, the city has concentrated most of its efforts on annexing them. 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 water they have access to isn’t even suitable for bathing or laundry let alone cooking. Citizens exhibit sores and blisters caused by exposure to the liquid.

Residents have tried to find ways to live with the water problems. They have installed private water filtration systems, but the filters turn brown very quickly which means the price of operation is prohibitive. Although drinking bottled water may seem like a good solution, some residents don’t enjoy the added expense that it requires. If they try to wash their clothes using the water, they will come out dirtier than they went in. They’ve pleaded for the city to annex them so that they’ll have access to the fresh water they need for cooking and bathing.

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. So where does that leave the homeowners in the subdivision? In the meantime, they are without usable water. They’re also unable to sell their homes since no one wants to live there and there is no value in them. 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 Water purification system