This story from the Teche News illustrates the importance of taking relatively small environmental problems seriously and going the extra mile to improve our quality of life. The Breaux Bridge Public Works Department could have legally dumped sewage into Bayou Teche, while they waited for a new motor for the pump station, but they put extra effort into the problem and prevented a significant sewage spill, unnecessary chlorine treatment and the resulting damage to the Bayou by working a little harder.

Improving our quality of life will only happen when each of us takes little environmental problems seriously and takes responsibility for making things better.

Thank you to Breaux Bridge.