Barbara Featherston from Shreveport's Water and Sewerage Department talks about the precautions the city takes to protect the system from brain eating amoeba.
A chlorine burn is currently being done throughout the Bossier City water system. This is the result of a positive test for a brain eating amoeba in the system.
Officials with the Sligo water system have confirmed that a water test found a brain eating amoeba in the water. This system serves a part of south Bossier.
Some changes are coming to the City of Shreveport's water system. Beginning Monday, January 6th, the city will begin utilizing a free chlorine burn out.
The Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say a rare amoeba that caused the August death of a child in south Louisiana has been found in five locations in a north Louisiana water system.
A "brain-eating amoeba" has claimed another victim in Louisiana. The latest victim is a 4-year-old child in St. Bernard Parish near New Orleans.