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Sewerage & Water Board Of New Orleans
Community & Intergovernmental Relations Department
625 St. Joseph Street, Room B-47
New Orleans, Louisiana 70165
504-585-2175
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 15, 2006
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To: News Media
From: Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans
Re:Media Advisory
Contact: Robert Jackson, 269-7978 or
Brenda Thornton, 269-7817
For Immediate Release
Media Advisory
The entire East Bank of Orleans Parish will experience low water pressure until
further notice due to the loss of one of two major pumps at the New River Intake
Station near the East Bank Water Treatment Plant.
The pump went out of
service at 3:45 this morning when the station lost power from Entergy. One pump
remained in service, but water pressure coming out of the treatment plant was
reduced, affecting pressure throughout the system.
Sewerage and Water
Board crews have restored the pump, but pressure will remain low until the water
elevation at the treatment plant can be brought up to normal levels.
