Groundwater Challenges in the Five-Parish Capital Area

The Capital Area Groundwater Conservation District and Board of Commission was established in 1974 by the Louisiana Legislature. The District is composed of five parishes in the Greater Baton Rouge area: East and West Baton Rouge, East and West Feliciana, and Pointe Coupee. The Commission’s functions are to promote the orderly development of the groundwater resources in the Capital Area District and to protect the quality of these resources. Since its creation, the Capital Area Groundwater Conservation District has been involved in the efficient administration, conservation, orderly development, and supplementation of groundwater resources in the five-parish area. The CAGWCC has driven investigative efforts and policy changes and fostered an atmosphere of cooperation to promote the responsible development of the groundwater resources in the Baton Rouge area and to protect the quality of these resources.