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Ascension Parish Sewer Assets

Posted on 4/7/21 at 2:40 pm
Posted by BigLSUNut
Prairieville, La.
Member since Oct 2007
1294 posts
Posted on 4/7/21 at 2:40 pm
There will be a proposition on the ballot on April 24th to sell Ascension Parish sewer assets to a firm called National Water Infrastructure.

Good idea or bad. My instinct says good idea but I would like to hear arguments to the contrary.
Posted by Packer
IE, California
Member since May 2017
7873 posts
Posted on 4/7/21 at 2:42 pm to
Thought this was going to be about some hot AP employee
Posted by High C
viewing the fall....
Member since Nov 2012
54259 posts
Posted on 4/7/21 at 2:42 pm to
I don’t know how sewage service is in AP. If it’s pretty good now, I’d be reluctant to see it go private. Generally that means cost increases.
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
43661 posts
Posted on 4/7/21 at 2:44 pm to
I'm worried about the costs and future costs of it to the end users and it seems that has not been fully explained to the voters
Ascension residents pay enough property taxes to begin with which begs the question why can't the parish afford it

With that said, they need to do something or people will not like the end result of not fixing the sewer services and I do think it is a project that has significant benefits to the parish
This post was edited on 4/7/21 at 2:46 pm
Posted by OldHickory
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2012
10602 posts
Posted on 4/7/21 at 2:44 pm to
Usually what happens in these situations, the private company will skip maintenance and upkeep to utilize profits. Then the government has to take it back over and spend a ton to fix everything.
Posted by USMEagles
Member since Jan 2018
11811 posts
Posted on 4/7/21 at 2:53 pm to
Sounds like they dusted off an old Enron business plan from 25 years ago. Easy "no" from me.
Posted by Gravitiger
Member since Jun 2011
10486 posts
Posted on 4/7/21 at 2:54 pm to
Nothing that can be adequately done locally should be outsourced nationally.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
66194 posts
Posted on 4/7/21 at 3:09 pm to
quote:

Ascension Parish Sewer Assets
Unlike Orleans Parish that actually has an automobile in their sewers....


Posted by Michael T. Tiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2004
8270 posts
Posted on 4/7/21 at 3:52 pm to
This is a Jim Bernhardt owned entity, for what its worth.
Posted by GumplandTiger
Hoover, AL
Member since Jan 2015
1210 posts
Posted on 4/7/21 at 3:54 pm to
Make sure they aren’t from Jefferson County, AL. So glad I’m on septic.
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