Edgard News

Phillip Adams, parks supervisor, and Joseph Wallace, both of St. John the Baptist Parish Parks and Recreation Department, clean the Regala Park pool in Reserve in preparation for the summer Tuesday, May 22, 2012.

A New Orleans congressman is asking Gov. Bobby Jindal to reconsider his plans to close two ferries in south Louisiana.

St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff Wayne L. Jones has released the following information.

St. John the Baptist Parish will seek a $5 million loan from the state to link its water-treatment plants in Edgard and Reserve, and continue the refurbishment of the Reserve treatment plant .

Running a water line between the Edgard and Lions water treatment plants in St. John the Baptist Parish would solve two problems; Safeguard the water supply on the parish's west bank and enable the Edgard plant to send its excess capacity to the east bank, parish water system officials and consultants told the Parish Council members Thursday.

After spending $3.7 million to upgrade the treatment capacity of St. John the Baptist Parish's Lions water treatment plant in Reserve, state health officials have ordered the parish to throttle back the plant's capacity because older water filters in the plant aren't up to current standards, parish officials said.