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Stink isn't gone after all, residents sick over smell Play Video
March 1, 2022 12:13 PM
BATON ROUGE - A portion of the city-parish's sewer project from years ago is still causing issues for a neighborhood near Highland Road and Lee Drive. Some people living there reached out to 2 On Your Side to see if anything can be done about the smell that is giving... more » -
Malfunction at wastewater treatment plant causes flooding in nearby neighborhood
September 29, 2021 8:31 PM
BATON ROUGE - A sewage treatment facility malfunctioned, causing sewage to flood in neighborhoods by the plant near Gardere Lane. The City-Parish said the South Wastewater Treatment Plant had "several severe equipment, facility, and process failures," which resulted in the flooding Wednesday afternoon. The plant shut down for... more » -
City-parish sues property owner for running noisy business in residential area Play Video
February 19, 2021 6:47 PM
BATON ROUGE - Five days after the WBRZ Investigative Unit exposed a situation taking place at a home on Jackson Avenue in North Baton Rouge, the city-parish filed a lawsuit against the property owners in an attempt to get them to stop their activities. The lawsuit asks for a... more » -
Smell in the air being investigated by LDEQ; officials give update Thursday Play Video
October 21, 2020 6:05 PM
BATON ROUGE - It's one of the worst smells Carlas Williams says she's ever smelled in her life. "We don't know what it is," she said. "It smells like raw sewage; it's horrible." Williams says she first started smelling the strong odor in August along Airline Highway near... more » -
Doctors, parents worried about smell in school classrooms; District takes additional action Play Video
August 18, 2017 6:45 PM
ST. AMANT – An “annoying” level of ammonia fumes are irritating some people around Ascension Parish campuses so the school district will remove insulation installed in temporary classroom buildings at various campuses. WBRZ first reported on smells inside what's known as “T-buildings” two weeks ago. Then, school district officials... more » -
Residents on Burbank stuck in smelly sewage situation Play Video
January 2, 2017 11:35 PM
BATON ROUGE - Some residents living in an apartment complex just south of LSU are suffering through quite the stench. Sewage backed up into some of the apartments off of Burbank Drive, and it's causing the smell. With heavy rainfall the past few days, the problem has gotten... more » -
Sewage smell permeates Denham Springs neighborhood Play Video
November 21, 2016 6:37 PM
DENHAM SPRINGS - Residents living in Westminster Estates say they're tired of smelling sewage. They say it's coming from a wastewater treatment facility, tucked behind homes in their Denham Springs neighborhood. "It smells like sewage and that's got to be a health hazard," said Shawn Guidry. The wastewater... more » -
Stinky smell causes uproar after dumping in Holden Play Video
September 29, 2015 6:48 PM
HOLDEN - Some people say a nasty odor is keeping them from enjoying the outdoors in Livingston Parish. The residents in Holden say the smell is coming from piles of something dumped by a company named Darpro. Darpro turns used cooking grease and oil into diesel and says it is... more »