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LA HR381
Resolution
Status
6/12/2025
Primary Sponsor
Joy Walters
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AI Summary
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Creates a Clean Water Task Force to evaluate Shreveport's public water system, which has received failing grades for two consecutive years due to aging infrastructure, manganese levels, and algae blooms causing taste, odor, and discoloration problems
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Task force consists of 10 members including representatives from Louisiana Department of Health, Department of Environmental Quality, SWEPCO, Axom Development Company, Ochsner LSUS Health System, and multiple Shreveport city appointees
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Requires assessment of water infrastructure condition, review of water quality reports and boil advisory history, analysis of utility management practices and rates, identification of funding gaps, and recommendations for improvements
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Members must be appointed by July 1, 2025, with first meeting by August 1, 2025, first public hearing by September 2, 2025, and monthly public hearings in Shreveport until March 1, 2026
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Written report of findings and recommendations due to the House Committee on Health and Welfare by November 18, 2025
Legislative Description
Creates the Clean Water Task Force to study the public water system in Shreveport
WATER/DRINKING WATER
Last Action
Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.
6/16/2025