The feedback we've heard from Calcasieu Parish residents affected by the pending inspections of their mechanical sewer systems has been mixed, to say the least. Some are simply shrugging it off as a reasonable price of admission to living in a neighborhood without a comprehensive sewer system. Others have howled that it's a violation of their inalienable rights, some invoking Second Amendment comparisons.
We side with the first group. If you're a hot button regular, you may already know that we've not thought much of the parish's historical nurturing of the development of close-in subdivisions without central sewer and water services. And so we're left with this problem, where an estimated half of the area's 30,000 private individual sewer systems aren't working properly.
One person's runoff, not properly managed, is another person's problem. All things considered, the inspections are the right thing to do and are being conducted by the parish in an very responsible manner which respects homeowners. Click here for more information on what what you can expect from the inspection program, which is just now getting underway.
A home may be a castle, but it is not an island. The sewer inspection program is a good idea, and will help make for good neighbors in subdivisions throughout Calcasieu Parish.
http://www.cppj.net/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=2023
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