There are two bold new additions rising from the landscape in Uptown New Orleans. The Sewerage & Water Board is constructing two 200-foot-tall water towers at the Carrollton Water Plant as part of the $80 million Water Hammer Hazard Mitigation Program. Funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), the project is designed to prevent major damage to the city’s water piping infrastructure from water hammer effects.

Step One: Enlist Volunteers:

• Identify at least 8 – 10 people to make an impact on the neighborhood (20 people would be most effective)

Earlier this month, residents at West End Boulevard and Jewel Street were awakened in the middle of the night by the sound of water slamming into a house from a main break.  Luckily for the occupants, a huge tree protected their property from receiving anything more than superficial damage. 

A group of local pastors, community members and potential S&WB recruits recently had a tour of the Carrollton Water Purification Plant and Drainage Pumping Station 5, led by General Superintendent Joe Becker and arranged by Executive Director Cedric S. Grant.

Mayor Mitch Landrieu, joined by Sewerage and Water Board (SWB) Executive Director Cedric S. Grant, FEMA, city and state officials and community members unveiled the Water Hammer construction project at Carrollton Water Plant in June 2017.