Sewerage & Water Board Of New Orleans Community & Intergovernmental Relations Department 625 St. Joseph Street, Room B-47 New Orleans, Louisiana 70165 504-585-2175
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 8, 2004
Smoke Test Demonstration Inspections in Section of Eastern New Orleans Mark the Start of Ninth Phase of Sewer Evaluation and Survey
The public is invited to a smoke test demonstration tomorrow, March 9 at 10 a.m. in the 6900 through 7200 blocks of Cove Drive, between Arbor Drive and Spring Lake Drive. Coverage by the news media is welcomed.

The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans is set to begin smoke tests, dye tests, flow monitoring, manhole surveys and video taping of the sewerage system in the Southshore Section of Eastern New Orleans.

During the next several months, crews will be performing the tests in an area bounded by the Industrial Canal, Chef Highway, Paris Road and Lake Pontchartrain.

Residents, business owners and property managers will be notified via door hangers when smoke testing is scheduled for their particular neighborhoods.

The testing in these areas will be performed on behalf of the Sewerage and Water Board by Brown and Caldwell Consulting Engineers.

The entire sewage collection system, throughout the city, will be inspected and repaired during the next several years as part of the Board’s Sewer System Evaluation and Survey.

The tests help locate breaks in sewer lines which could allow sewage to leak into the drainage system or storm water to enter sewer lines, possibly overloading the sewerage system.

The City was divided into 10 districts for the purpose of the study and repair program.