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	"I've not seen this stated anywhere. Is there a reference that documents this? I'll need this fact in my back pocket." I misspoke, it's the Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans not the Orleans Levee Board. Now your back pocket is full. Drainage System Operations The city's unique distinction as the only major U.S. city below sea level requires an extensive drainage collection and pumping system. The drainage system can currently remove roughly one-inch of rainfall in the first hour, and an additional half-inch per hour after that. The network consists of approximately 90 miles of open canals and 90 miles of subsurface canals. Most rainwater is pumped into Lake Pontchartrain except for two Westbank pumping stations and two stations in Eastern New Orleans that pump rainwater into the Intercoastal Waterway and the Industrial Canal. Within New Orleans there are 22 Drainage Pumping Stations with station personnel on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week. There are 13 underpass stations containing 2-3 pumps turned on by rising water. The pumps are checked everyday and monitored during rain events. Two underpass stations, (one on the Westbank and the other on the Eastbank), are not run by the S&WB but by the State Department of Transportation and Development. The S&WB operates its own power plant and underground electrical distribution system to provide electricity for many of the pumps. Revenue The drainage system is funded by a property tax (currently at 22.59 mills per year), as well as interest and other minor sources. Federal funding for drainage capacity improvements supplements local funds in the S&WB capital budget.

 

 

"I've not seen this stated anywhere. Is there a reference that documents this? I'll need this fact in my back pocket."

I misspoke, it's the Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans not the Orleans Levee Board. Now your back pocket is full.

Drainage System

Operations

The city's unique distinction as the only major U.S. city below sea level requires an extensive drainage collection and pumping system. The drainage system can currently remove roughly one-inch of rainfall in the first hour, and an additional half-inch per hour after that. The network consists of approximately 90 miles of open canals and 90 miles of subsurface canals. Most rainwater is pumped into Lake Pontchartrain except for two Westbank pumping stations and two stations in Eastern New Orleans that pump rainwater into the Intercoastal Waterway and the Industrial Canal. Within New Orleans there are 22 Drainage Pumping Stations with station personnel on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week. There are 13 underpass stations containing 2-3 pumps turned on by rising water. The pumps are checked everyday and monitored during rain events. Two underpass stations, (one on the Westbank and the other on the Eastbank), are not run by the S&WB but by the State Department of Transportation and Development. The S&WB operates its own power plant and underground electrical distribution system to provide electricity for many of the pumps.

Revenue

The drainage system is funded by a property tax (currently at 22.59 mills per year), as well as interest and other minor sources. Federal funding for drainage capacity improvements supplements local funds in the S&WB capital budget.

 

 

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