Drinking water protection committee to meet

The Drinking Water Protection Committee will meet tonight at the Lafourche Water District No. 1 beginning at 6 p.m.

The committee was formed by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality. The Tri-parish group represents Lafourche, Terrebonne and Assumption parishes.

The committee is a locally-based planning and action team charged with developing and implementing drinking water protection activities, according to DEQ spokesman Rodney Mallett.

He said drinking water protection can be as simple as making friends, relatives, neighbors and students aware of their drinking water source and the importance of protecting it. It can also involve the community and local officials adopting local ordinances and developing ways to make it easier for residents to dispose of harmful products, such as at a household waste collection day.

Additional volunteers are needed to join the effort.

The meeting will be held at 5753 Hwy. 308 in Lockport. Refreshments will be served.

For more information, contact team members Jesse Means or Micaela Marchand at (225) 219-3510 or, online, visit the DEQ Drinking Water Protection Program Web page at www.deq.la.gov/aeps.