Bill would undo ethics charge on industry appointees to Capital Area Groundwater Conservation Commission

A Senate committee will take up a bill Tuesday that would allow industrial companies to nominate their employees to the Capital Area Groundwater Conservation Commission, an 18-member volunteer panel that regulates the Southern Hills Aquifer. The aquifer supplies Baton Rouge's fresh drinking water and provides area industrial plants with water for their operations.


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