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Today in Iberia Parish many people on the West End of New Iberia that live south of Highway 182 have their sewer back up and / or their houses flood often.   

Today in Iberia Parish many people on the West End of New Iberia that live north of Highway 182 are threatened by thousands of gallons of waste water soon to be pumped daily upon their land, the Spanish Lake bottoms, and the land surrounding Squirrel Run.

Today all of us as taxpayers pay the cost of the services provided and suffer the consequences when needed services are not provided. 

I hear business and civic leaders often preach the “gospel” of consolidation.  This is the perfect time to “walk that talk.”  “We the people” are paying for a state of the art sewage system in New Iberia.  As the volume of waste treated in this plant increases there will be increased efficiencies created.  The scale of this consolidated process will save all of us money in the long term. 

Here’s a solution – consolidate waste water treatment in the city plant and use the federal, state, and local funds committed to the waste water project to protect the residents of the West End from future flooding.