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A dozen Louisiana sewage plants release wastewater into swamps. Is it helpful or harmful?
Jacob Groby is so confident in the quality of the wastewater treated by the Mandeville sewage plant that, on a recent Thursday morning, he stood by a discharge pipe and cupped his hands. The water, which had only recently been flushed down someone’s toilet …