SWBNO Provides Drainage Pumping Status Update
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, September 11, 2024 11:40 PM
New Orleans, LA - We are currently experiencing impacts from Hurricane Francine. Our EMDs tripped offline which caused a need to shift to alternate power sources. This temporarily affected the following 6 pumps:
- DPS 1 Pumps D & E
- DPS 2 Pumps A & B
- DPS 6 Pumps D & E
All pumps are back online. Turbines 4, 5 and 6 are all online and our teams worked quickly and decisively to make up for pump outages with our self-generated power sources and backup generators. Our EMDs are now offline and, coupled with the extended amount of rainfall, has prolonged the drainage of water off the streets.
We continue to stress the importance for residents to limit water usage at home in order to prevent sewerage backups.
This is a rapidly developing and fluid situation. SWBNO will continue to provide updates through our Storm Center Dashboard and in collaboration with the City of New Orleans and the New Orleans Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness.
To contact SWBNO Media, please email media@swbno.org.
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