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Regular Session, 2011
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 141
BY SENATOR CLAITOR
WATER QUALITY. Requests the Capital Area Groundwater Conservation District to study
saltwater intrusion into the groundwater resources in the capital area, and to consider the
effects of industrial uses on such saltwater intrusion and groundwater resources.
A RESOLUTION1
To urge and request the Capital Area Groundwater Conservation District to study saltwater2
intrusion into the groundwater resources in the capital area, and to consider the3
effects of industrial uses on such saltwater intrusion and groundwater resources.4
WHEREAS, the Capital Area Groundwater Conservation District ("district") was5
created to provide for the efficient administration, conservation, orderly development and6
supplementation of groundwater resources in the parishes of East Baton Rouge, East7
Feliciana, Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge and West Feliciana; and8
WHEREAS, because of large withdrawals from the aquifer system in the capital area,9
historical patterns of groundwater flow have been altered over the years; and10
WHEREAS, the district, in coordination with various public and private groups, has11
conducted numerous studies and modeling on the issues affecting the groundwater resources12
in the capital area; and13
WHEREAS, recently, Hays Town, a hydrology student, made a presentation to the14
East Baton Rouge Parish Metropolitan Council about the effects of saltwater intrusion on15
the freshwater supply of East Baton Rouge Parish; and16
WHEREAS, Mr. Town indicated that the saltwater intrusion is being exacerbated by17
industries which pull excessive amounts of groundwater from the aquifer system in the18 SR NO. 141
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capital area.1
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana2
does hereby request the Capital Area Groundwater Conservation District to study saltwater3
intrusion into the groundwater resources in the capital area, to consider the effects of4
industrial uses on such saltwater intrusion and groundwater resources, and to report its5
findings and recommendations to the Senate Committee on Natural Resources by February6
1, 2012.7
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be transmitted to the8
director of the Capital Area Groundwater Conservation District.9
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by J. W. Wiley.
DIGEST
Claitor SR No.
Requests the Capital Area Groundwater Conservation District to study saltwater intrusion
into the groundwater resources in the capital area, to consider the effects of industrial uses
on such saltwater intrusion and groundwater resources, and to report its findings and
recommendations to the Senate Committee on Natural Resources by February 1, 2012.