New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board, Entergy making major announcement

An important announcement is expected on Wednesday by the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board along with Entergy New Orleans. This is due to the fact that potentially heavy rains and floods are expected on Father’s Day weekend. The latest update on the city’s pumping system came last week when S&WB announced that Turbine 4 had failed during a recent storm. This turbine was recently repaired before the storm but is offline again after a failure during the storm. The belated repair of another malfunctioning turbine is attributed to a nationwide steel shortage that forces the Sewerage & Water Board to rely on emergency generators and frequency changers for at least two months after the start of the hurricane season. At the Sewerage & Water Board directors’ meeting last month, utility officials told members that the difficulties in obtaining steel add to the tedious repairs to Turbine 5, built in 1958. It has been out of service since a boiler explosion in 2019 and is expected to be back in service. until mid-June. The Sewerage & Water Board now has two functioning turbines to power the city’s drainage, drinking water and wastewater treatment systems. Turbine 1 is one of the oldest machines in the S&WB Carrollton plant. It has the capacity to generate 6 megawatts of 25 Hertz cycle electricity, the antiquated frequency of power that powers much of the centuries-old equipment in the east bank’s drainage pumping stations. The turbine 6 is ready for operation and can generate 15 MW 60 Hertz electricity, which must run via frequency converters in order to supply the older devices in the system with electricity. Entergy is also supplying 60 Hertz feed to the S&WB facility, and there are facilities to build an Entergy substation at the Carrollton facility. Turbines 2 and 3 were shut down because repairs were no longer possible. Maximum capacity, the Sewerage & Water Board has stated that it needs 52 MW of electricity. In the past few months, the utility has relied on five diesel generators to meet its electricity needs. They were acquired after the floods in summer 2017 and are intended to serve as a backup for the turbines. But much to the dismay of the neighbors, the noisy machinery has become a focal point.

An important announcement is expected on Wednesday by the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board along with Entergy New Orleans.

This is due to the fact that potentially heavy rains and floods are expected on Father’s Day weekend.

The latest update on the city’s pumping system came last week when S&WB announced that Turbine 4 had failed during a recent storm.

This turbine was recently repaired before the storm but is offline again after a failure during the storm.

The belated repair of another malfunctioning turbine is attributed to a nationwide steel shortage that forces the Sewerage & Water Board to rely on emergency generators and frequency changers for at least two months after the start of the hurricane season.

At the Sewerage & Water Board directors’ meeting last month, utility officials told members that the difficulties in obtaining steel add to the tedious repairs to Turbine 5, built in 1958. It has been out of service since a boiler explosion in 2019 and is expected to be back in service. until mid-June.

This leaves the Sewerage & Water Board with two functioning turbines to power the city’s drainage, drinking water and wastewater treatment systems.

Turbine 1 is one of the oldest machines in the S&WB Carrollton plant. It has the capacity to generate 6 megawatts of 25 Hertz cycle electricity, the antiquated frequency of electricity that powers much of the centuries-old equipment in the drainage pumping stations on the east bank.

The turbine 6 is ready for operation and can generate 15 MW 60 Hertz electricity, which must be operated via frequency converters in order to drive the older systems of the plant. Entergy is also supplying 60 Hertz feed to the S&WB facility, and there are facilities to build an Entergy substation at the Carrollton facility.

Turbines 2 and 3 were shut down because repairs were no longer possible.

In order to operate its drainage pumps at maximum output, the sewage and water authority needs 52 MW of electricity. In the past few months, the utility has relied on five diesel generators to meet its electricity needs. They were acquired after the floods in summer 2017 and are intended to serve as a backup for the turbines. But much to the dismay of the neighbors, the noisy machinery has become a focal point.

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