Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 33, § 4001. General authority for municipalities to construct sewerage system and appurtenances

(1) Own, purchase, acquire, construct, extend, equip, operate, and maintain within and without its corporate limits, a sewerage system, sewerage collection system, sewage treatment plant, intercepting sewers, outfall sewers, force mains, pumping stations, ejector stations and all other appurtenances necessary for the collection, treatment, purification and disposal in a sanitary manner of the liquid and solid waste and sewage of the municipal corporation;

(2) Acquire by gift, grant, purchase, condemnation or otherwise, all necessary lands, rights of way and property therefor, within and without its corporate limits; and

(3) Issue bonds to pay the costs of these public improvements and property in the manner provided for by laws applicable to revenue producing public utilities, public utilities, and works of public improvement.