Upper Barataria-Terrebonne Watershed Education Project

08/24/2026

https://www.wbrz.com/news/bayou-lafourche-fresh-water-district-offers-money-to-repair-home-sewer-systems

Bayou Lafourche fresh water district offered money to repair home sewer systems

08/05/2026

August is National Water Quality Month — a month dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of clean, safe water and encouraging people to help protect rivers, lakes, groundwater, and drinking water sources! 💧 BTNEP works to protect water quality within through several measures, such as our free inspections for individual home sewage systems! Malfunctioning home sewage systems can cause serious harm to homes and their surrounding areas, including raw sewage backups, foundational and structural property damage, exposure to toxic gases and pathogens, and severe soil and groundwater contamination.

To combat this issue, BTNEP has partnered with the Bayou Lafourche Fresh Water District, with funding from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, to provide free individual home sewage system inspections in the Bayou Folse Watershed (the area between Thibodaux and Lockport, and between Bayou Lafourche and Bayou Blue). The BLFWD inspector usually takes approximately 15 to 30 minutes to provide the inspection as a public service to homeowners. An inspection report and maintenance tips for the home sewage system are provided to homeowners as part of the inspection.

Please keep an eye out for our inspector, and please do your part to protect your family and our community's water quality by properly maintaining your home sewer system!

08/04/2026

The BTNEP Management Conference will meet on August 13, 2026 in Morgan City, LA, with its following meeting on November 5, 2026 in New Roads, LA.

Q3 Management Conference | Thursday, August 13, 2026 | Morgan City We invite you to join BTNEP for our Q3 Management Conference on Thursday, August 13, 2026, at 9:30 am at the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium! Mac Wade and

06/29/2026

Today's Advocate has a front page story on Bayou Grosse Tete restoration

Bayou Grosse Tete was once able to support both game fish and steamboats. While those days are unlikely to return, Iberville Parish wants to revive it for recreation, while maintaining its critical drainage role.

04/13/2026

The next BTNEP Management Conference meeting will be held on May 14, 2026.

Farm Fridays Join us at the BTNEP Native Plant Nursery on the first Friday of each

03/23/2026

03/21/2026

LDEQ has posted a public comment notice for a draft revision of the Total Daily Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Plan for Bayou Verret, Bayou Chevreuil, Bayou Citamon, and Grand Bayou (Subsegment 010201) for Biochemical Oxygen-Demanding Substances. Comment deadline is April 23, 2026.

02/16/2026

The Draft Atchafalaya Basin Master Plan, included in the Draft CPRA FY27 Annual Plan, includes two important projects in the Upper Terrebonne Basin:

Pointe Coupee Water Flow Improvements (p. 4, 10)

East Grand Lake Upper Project (p. 7)

fil:///C:/Users/ebrctxadult19/Downloads/Draft_ABP-AP-FY27.pdf

01/26/2026

The Draft Louisiana 2026 Integrated Report on Water Quality is out for public comment. Deadline 1/30/26.

https://deq.louisiana.gov/assets/docs/Water/Integrated_Report/2026_Integrated_Report/2026_IR_Public_Notice_Statement_Advertise_12302025.pdf

Several watersheds in the Upper Barataria-Terrebonne Estuary Basin are highlighted:

Bayou Verret, Bayou Chevreuil, Bayou Citamon, and Grand Bayou (Subsegment 020101) - Upper Barataria Basin - a revision of the Total Daily Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Plan, focused on impairment by dissolved oxygen, is planned for the next cycle, with a new TMDL plan focused on f***l coliform impairment. These watersheds are being prioritized under the Clean Water Act New Vision Program (p. 12-13)

The finalization of the TMDL Plan for watersheds in the Upper Terrebonne Basin:

Bayou Poydras (120102), Bayou Choctaw (120103), Chamberlin Canal (120105), Bayou Plaquemine (120106), Upper Grand River and Lower Flat River (120107), Intracoastal Waterway (120109), and Bayou Cholpe (120110); all previously listed for impairment by Biochemical Oxygen Demanding Substances. (p. 17)

01/13/2026

The BTNEP Management Conference's first meeting of 2026 will be on 2/12 at Nicholls State University.

https://btnep.org/news-and-events/upcoming-events/