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Lead Water Crisis in St. Joseph, LA { 28 images } Created 22 Mar 2017

Lead in the water in St. James.
While One Louisiana Town's Lead-Tainted Water System Is Replaced, Dozens of Others Deteriorate https://www.desmogblog.com/2017/03/18/st-joseph-louisiana-lead-tainted-water-system-replaced-dozens-deteriorate
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  • St. Joseph resident Rudy Shorts fills her washing machine to see if the water is usable and opts not to use it. Gov. John Bell Edwards made an emergency health proclamation on December 16, 2016, enabling a fast-tracked replacement of St. Joseph’s water system after lead was found in the water.
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  • St. Joseph, Louisiana, resident Lee Richardson gets discolored water from his tap. in his kitchen.  Gov. John Bell Edwards made an emergency health proclamation on December 16, 2016, enabling a fast-tracked replacement of St. Joseph’s water system after lead was found in the water.
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  • Roy Bowman fills his sink to show the color of the water that the Bowmans receive at their home in St. Joseph.  Edwards made an emergency health proclamation on December 16, 2016, enabling a fast-tracked replacement of St. Joseph’s water system after lead was found in the water.
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  • St. Joseph, Louisiana, resident Lee Richardson gets discolored water from his tap. in his kitchen.  Gov. John Bell Edwards made an emergency health proclamation on December 16, 2016, enabling a fast-tracked replacement of St. Joseph’s water system after lead was found in the water.
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  • Roy Bowman fills his sink to show the color of the water that the Bowmans receive at their home in St. Joseph. Edwards made an emergency health proclamation on December 16, 2016, enabling a fast-tracked replacement of St. Joseph’s water system after lead was found in the water.
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  • Roy Bowman delivering clean water to Viola Marshall, one of the elders in town he and his wife make sure have water on a regular basis. Gov. John Bell Edwards made an emergency health proclamation on December 16, 2016, enabling a fast-tracked replacement of St. Joseph’s water system after lead was found in the water.
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  • Wilma Subra in St. Jospeh, a Delta town, for a  ground breaking ceremony for St. Joseph’s new water system on March 6, 2017.   Gov. Edwards made an emergency health proclamation on December 16, 2016, enabling a fast-tracked replacement of St. Joseph’s water system after lead was found in the water.
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  • St. Joseph resident Rudy Shorts fills her washing machine to see if the water is usable and opts not to use it. Gov. John Bell Edwards made an emergency health proclamation on December 16, 2016, enabling a fast-tracked replacement of St. Joseph’s water system after lead was found in the water.
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  • Louisiana Gov. John Bell Edwards in St. Jospeh, a Delta town, for a  ground breaking ceremony for St. Joseph’s new water system on March 6, 2017.   Gov. Edwards made an emergency health proclamation on December 16, 2016, enabling a fast-tracked replacement of St. Joseph’s water system after lead was found in the water.
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  • Louisiana Gov. John Bell Edwards shaking environmental scientist Wilma Subra in St. Joseph. Edwards was in St. Jospeh, a Delta town, during the ground breaking ceremony for St. Joseph’s new water system on March 6, 2017.
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  • Louisiana Gov. John Bell Edwards in St. Jospeh, a Delta town, for a  ground breaking ceremony for St. Joseph’s new water system on March 6, 2017.   Gov. Edwards made an emergency health proclamation on December 16, 2016, enabling a fast-tracked replacement of St. Joseph’s water system after lead was found in the water.
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  • Environmental scientist Wilma Subra speaking during the ground breaking ceremony for St. Joseph’s new water system on March 6. Gov. Edwards made an emergency health proclamation on December 16, 2016, enabling a fast-tracked replacement of St. Joseph’s water system after lead was found in the water.
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  • Environmental scientist Wilma Subra speaking during the ground breaking ceremony for St. Joseph’s new water system on March 6. Gov. Edwards made an emergency health proclamation on December 16, 2016, enabling a fast-tracked replacement of St. Joseph’s water system after lead was found in the water.
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  • Louisiana Gov. John Bell Edwards in St. Jospeh, a Delta town, for a  ground breaking ceremony for St. Joseph’s new water system on March 6, 2017.   Gov. Edwards made an emergency health proclamation on December 16, 2016, enabling a fast-tracked replacement of St. Joseph’s water system after lead was found in the water.
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  • Environmental scientist Wilma Subra speaking during the ground breaking ceremony for St. Joseph’s new water system on March 6. Gov. Edwards made an emergency health proclamation on December 16, 2016, enabling a fast-tracked replacement of St. Joseph’s water system after lead was found in the water.
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  • Environmental scientist Wilma Subra speaking during the ground breaking ceremony for St. Joseph’s new water system on March 6. Gov. Edwards made an emergency health proclamation on December 16, 2016, enabling a fast-tracked replacement of St. Joseph’s water system after lead was found in the water.
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  • Gov. John Bell Edwards, front and third from right, at the groundbreaking ceremony in St. Joseph, Louisiana, for the new municipal water system. Edwards made an emergency health proclamation on December 16, 2016, enabling a fast-tracked replacement of St. Joseph’s water system after lead was found in the water.
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  • General Russel Honoré of GreenArmy was in St. Joseph for the groundbreaking ceremony for the new water system. Edwards made an emergency health proclamation on December 16, 2016, enabling a fast-tracked replacement of St. Joseph’s water system after lead was found in the water.
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  • Wanda Bowman keeps clean water handy in a shed on the Bowmans’ property to distribute to those who need it. Edwards made an emergency health proclamation on December 16, 2016, enabling a fast-tracked replacement of St. Joseph’s water system after lead was found in the water.
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  • Water provided to residents in St. Jospeh LA after lead was found in the town's water. Gov. John Bell Edwards made an emergency health proclamation on December 16, 2016, enabling a fast-tracked replacement of St. Joseph’s water system after lead was found in the water.
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  • Mamie Fields, wife of St. Joseph’s mayor, filling up gallon jugs with water provided by the state of Louisiana. Gov. John Bell Edwards made an emergency health proclamation on December 16, 2016, enabling a fast-tracked replacement of St. Joseph’s water system after lead was found in the water.
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  • Wanda and Roy Bowman, both local ministers in St. Joseph, collecting clean water to deliver to their neighbors who are not able to gather it themselves. Edwards made an emergency health proclamation on December 16, 2016, enabling a fast-tracked replacement of St. Joseph’s water system after lead was found in the water.
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  • Street in St. Joseph where construction to replace the municipal water pipes is underway. Gov. John Bell Edwards made an emergency health proclamation on December 16, 2016, enabling a fast-tracked replacement of St. Joseph’s water system after lead was found in the water.
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  • Maxine Washington, here with one of her grandchildren, wishes the tanks providing clean water were closer to her home.
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  • St. Joseph, Louisiana, City Hall.
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