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• Sewage line not tied into correct spot costs homeowner thousands Play Video

  April 1, 2021 6:13 PM

  DENHAM SPRINGS - A sewage situation has been solved, but the bubbling mess left a man with nowhere else to turn except 2 On Your Side. Michael Fontenot has been dealing with a sewage problem since 2019. It wasn't until this week that it was clear the problem wasn't... more »

• Cleaner waterways coming to Ascension Parish with plans for new sewer plant Play Video

  December 21, 2020 6:49 PM

  ASCENSION- Plans are in the works to stop dumping three million gallons of treated wastewater into Bayou Manchac and other scenic waterways as plans move forward in Ascension Parish with a parish-wide sewer for much of the east bank. Tom Pertuit, Chief Operating Officer at National Water Infrastructure said... more »

• LSU researchers tracking COVID-19 cases through wastewater testing Play Video

  June 9, 2020 9:32 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Inside laboratories at LSU's veterinarian school, there's plenty of focus on COVID-19, including one effort to track where virus cases are located by analyzing wastewater. "When people get the disease, they shed the virus into wastewater and into the sewage," Dr. John Pardue, an LSU engineering... more »

• Homeowners welcomed home to sewage surprise soaking their floors Play Video

  March 22, 2019 6:47 PM

  UPDATE: After the 2 On Your Side story aired Friday, property owners say Ascension Wastewater Treatment visited their homes to better assess the situation. AWT says it completed its field investigation and is working with the property owners to fix the problem. ***** PRAIRIEVILLE - Imagine coming... more »

• Rate increases for Mo-Dad Utilities customers anger some Play Video

  April 3, 2017 6:55 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Customers who use Mo-Dad Utilities will be getting a higher bill in the mail this week. A rate increase was approved by the Public Service Commission in March. President of Mo-Dad Utilities William Stegall, Sr. says the rate increase is necessary to fund improvements required by... more »

• Sewage smell, waste water treatment facility dangers worry residents Play Video

  February 21, 2017 6:19 PM

  DENHAM SPRINGS - Homeowners are voicing their complaints about another Mo-Dad Utilities wastewater treatment facility. Residents living in the South Haven subdivision of Denham Springs say they pay their bill but don't get any results when they report problems. Todd Ray says in addition to the terrible smell, he's... more »

• Coroner IDs man who drowned at wastewater treatment plant

  June 13, 2016 12:30 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Investigators have released the name of a man who drowned at a Gardere area sewage treatment plant on Saturday afternoon. Police identified the individual as Michael Preston, and said an autopsy will be performed on the man at 1:30 p.m. The additional circumstances surround Preston’s death... more »

• Broken fence leaves little protection from wastewater pit Play Video

  September 3, 2015 11:22 PM

  DENHAM SPRINGS - Residents are worried about what they believe is a safety hazard in their neighborhood, Woodland Crossing. A fence around Mo-Dad Utilities, LLC wastewater treatment facilities fell down in April and has not been repaired. Inside are large pools of water with pumping stations. "They won't... more »