Building a Better Baton Rouge

Utility’s ambitious SSO program goes beyond buried infrastructure and helps build the local economy.
Building a Better Baton Rouge
The Baton Rouge Department of Environmental Services team includes (from left) sanitary sewer overflow manager Joseph Young, deputy program manager Obie Watts, interim director of environmental services Adam Smith, City of Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden, wastewater treatment plant engineering manager Justin Sharper, South Wastewater Treatment Plant manager Walter Brock, maintenance manager Gregory Lewis, and engineering intern Matthew Bizot. (Photography by Megan Haller)

Burying $1.5 billion is a tough sell. But in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, it’s forming the foundation for growth and improvement.

The money is being used to address the city’s sanitary sewer overflow problem, but it’s also making an impact on broader revitalization efforts. Baton...

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