Of Sewage and Cypress Infrastructure
Working on a video explaining the need for voters to pass the Shreveport water/sewage consent decreebond issue was one dirty job. We climbed down into the old sewage lift station near Querbes Golf-Course. You could see where all the toys, rings, cash and other items flushed down toilets are collected. We also toured one of two sewage treatment plants in Shreveport. We had to build a second treatment plant in southeast Shreveport when we sprawled too far to the south for the existing plant to be efficient. One fact I couldn’t believe is that Shreveport’s oldest neighborhoods had sewage pipes underground, made of cypress and still in use. No wonder EPA was getting involved in our water and sewage.