LOUISIANA SLUDGE VICTIMS Back to Home Page
Compiled by Helane Shields
2002- 2005 Update
St. Landry Parish, -- Sludge dumping may be stopped.
St. Landry Parish, -- Area group condemns dump site -- Resolution adopted condemning the Lafayette
Utility System for dumping sewage sludge in parish.
2005 - 2008 Update
December 18, 2004 - Convent residents claim victory over sludge - Firm will no longer spread treated
sewage -- "Roderick Williams lives near the fields where the sludge was spread. He said he and his
neighbors have suffered from burning skin, boils and rashes since the spreading started in 2000."