NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans is bringing on additional staff overnight and Sunday to run drainage pumps as the city faces a low-end flood threat through the weekend.
According to the agency, 85 of 93 main drainage pumps are available. Eight pumps are offline, five in New Orleans East, one in Algiers and one at the 17th Street Canal on the border of Orleans and Jefferson parishes.
The Sewerage and Water Board said at least one pump is operating at all drainage stations, and many stations have additional redundancy…