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• Child dies after contracting brain-eating amoeba at Texas splash pad

  September 29, 2021 5:01 AM

  ARLINGTON, Texas - An amoeba that lives in sediments at the bottom of lakes and ponds caused the death of a child who likely contracted it while visiting the Don Misenhimer Park splash pad in Arlington, Texas, according to CNN . A joint news release from the Tarrant County... more »

• Parish approves buying water system

  September 3, 2015 11:37 PM

  DONALDSONVILLE - The Ascension Parish Council approved a near $6 million plan to buy a private water service for parts of the west bank of the parish Thursday. Water currently is purchased from Assumption Parish and piped into the Donaldsonville area. The lines are part of the Peoples Water... more »

• Chlorine boosters coming to fight amoeba Play Video

  August 25, 2015 7:29 PM

  DONALDSONVILLE - Ascension Parish will install chlorine boosters on two of its rural water systems after a brain-eating amoeba was detected in those systems last month. Parish officials will install one booster to inject chlorine directly into the water supply at the ACUD#1 and the ACUD#2 water systems in... more »

• WATCH: Amoeba testing in state lab Play Video

  August 25, 2015 12:27 AM

  BATON ROUGE – In a lab requiring security clearance similar to military compounds, scientists are working to test water from water systems across Louisiana. This summer, three systems have been found to contain a brain-eating amoeba. At a state lab, experts are checking and testing samples from other systems.... more »

• Chlorine burn to last till October

  August 24, 2015 7:08 PM

  DONALDSONVILLE - The ACUD-1 water system in Ascension Parish is one week into a 60-day chlorine burn. This comes after a brain-eating amoeba was found in the system in July. The state requires a small amount of chlorine to be present in any water system. However, extra chlorine is added... more »