An environmental group that has questioned the management of Baton Rouge’s drinking water aquifer has launched a campaign to encourage major industries to end their use of the region’s groundwater while demanding that Baton Rouge Water Co. detail its plans for a sustainable future.
The Louisiana Environmental Action Network has unveiled its “Save Our Water” campaign, opening a website, sending letters to legislators and other elected officials, and mailing 13,000 postcards to targeted registered voters in East Baton Rouge Parish to highlight the pumping demands and salt water intrusion the group says are threatening the aquifer.