New Orleans gets $17 Million More For Leak Repair

From NOLA.COM's LOUISIANA POLITICS & GOVERNMENT

The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Thursday announced it has approved an additional $17 million for repairs to New Orleans' fractured drinking water distribution system, bringing to $68 million the total authorized to rebuild the Sewerage & Water Board's subterranean pipe network.

In all, FEMA has authorized $68 million to rebuild the Sewerage & Water Board's subterranean pipe network. The money will pay for removing water meters from vacant properties and repairing broken water meters at occupied homes, as well as installing "flow meters" on major trunk lines, including those that serve eastern New Orleans and the Lower 9th Ward, to help locate large leaks, according to a FEMA news release.

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