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Originally Posted by joepole

Bossier gets it water from two places:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...&t=h&z=15&om=0

That reservior looks to be (strategically) built in the middle of an ox bow so it can be fed by the Red using pumps.

Originally Posted by joepole

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...&t=h&z=16&om=0

Both are upstream of Cross Bayou. Twelve Mile Bayou doesn't intersect the Red River, it empties into Cross Bayou, which empties into the Red.

I think I get it. At any rate, I'd rather drink from Cross Lake than Red River. But I guess the reservior acts like a lake where suspended silt can settle out leaving green water instead of red. I would not be surprised to learn they had better equipment in Bossier than the S'port side.

At home I use a submicronic (and carbon) filter for my drinking and cooking water and for the icemaker. It works well but the micron filter is only good for about 1000 gallons of Shreveport water. Runs about 2 to 3 cents a gallon which is a lot cheaper than bottled water.