Concerns about salt contaminating Baton Rouge's underground drinking water supply has prompted regulators to order a sweeping — and some say difficult-to-accomplish — look at pumping and ...

A Baton Rouge Water water tower towers over the tree line, seen from the press box of Tiger Stadium before kickoff between LSU and Arkansas, Saturday, September 23, 2023, in Baton Rouge, La.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Aquifers deep underground supply the drinking water for most of the capital region. As the freshwater is pumped out of the ground, salt water begins to creep closer to ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The Louisiana Department of Health gave letter grades to 924 water systems in the state for 2024.The standard for the scores was set during the 2021 Regular ...

In 2013, Baton Rouge Water Co. spent $3 million to drill twin wells along North Street to intercept underground salt water creeping north toward an important drinking water pump station. Tags Fej ...