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Plaintiffs provide update on lawsuit claiming Chicot Aquifer contamination

Lawyers for several downtown property owners gave an update on their suit alleging Chicot Aquifer contamination today.  The suit, first filed in 2016, is still pending in Lafayette court. The business owners say that their property is adjacent to several old...

Suit alleges contamination threat to Lafayette drinking water

Two Lafayette property owners have filed suit against Union Pacific Railroad Company alleging that the company has failed to clean up contamination that threatens Lafayette’s drinking water. The land in question, 40 acres along the Evangeline Thruway in Lafayette’s...

Landowners sue to get Lafayette railroad yard cleaned up, concerned about contamination of aquifer

A state lawsuit filed Monday seeks to force the cleanup of an old railroad yard along the Evangeline Thruway near downtown, raising concerns about decades-old contamination possibly threatening Lafayette’s water supply…

Residents, parish officials are fighting Lafayette group’s plans for injection well

The Chicot Aquifer stretches over 9,000 square miles below the surface of southwest and parts of central Louisiana…

Hundreds gather to oppose Lafayette company’s plans to build injection well in northern St. Landry Parish

OPELOUSAS — Over 200 citizens from St. Landry Parish along with local elected officials spoke out Thursday against a proposal by Lafayette company Eagle Oil LLC to drill an injection well near the Beggs community…

Permit for controversial injection well in St. Landry Parish denied by DNR

The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources Office of Conservation denied the permit of a proposed wastewater injection well in north St. Landry Parish that drew criticism from locals earlier this year…