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From: Flozelle C. Roberts [mailto:froberts@sbpg.net] Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 2:25 PM To: John Williams (DHH-OPH); Yoland Brumfield Subject: FW: St. Bernard installs Automated Flushing Stations for water distribution system

From: Karen Bazile Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 1:30 PM To: Karen Bazile Subject: St. Bernard installs Automated Flushing Stations for water distribution system

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 22, 2011 CONTACT: Karen Turni Bazile Assistant to the President for Public Information 504-278-4280, 504-874-0980 or kbazile@sbpg.net

St. Bernard installs Automated Flushing Stations for water distribution system
St. Bernard Parish Government is pleased to announce that it has completed installing 50 Automated Flushing Stations (AFS) throughout the parish water distribution system working with the state Department of Health and Hospitals and FEMA. These devices are needed due to the lower population and lower than normal water usage that St. Bernard has experienced since Hurricane Katrina. The flushing stations will eliminate ALL dead-end lines, which is better for water quality throughout St. Bernard Parish. The unit will automatically open and flush out water mains to help bring fresher water to selected areas. Carol Daigle, who was having water quality problems on Benjamin Street in Arabi, was very instrumental in illustrating the problem by her vigilance and working with St. Bernard Water Quality Superintendent Jacob Groby to coordinate with state
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Department of Health and Hospitals and FEMA officials to get this project completed. The stations located strategically in Arabi, Chalmette, Meraux, Violet, Poydras and Kenilworth cost $190,000, which was completely funded by FEMA. The flusher project is a great example of how one person can make a difference in the rebuilding of our parish, St. Bernard Parish President Craig P. Taffaro, Jr. said. We are grateful for our partnerships with our residents like Ms. Daigle and our FEMA and GOHSEP teams. The flushers help move water through our system that used to be moved in normal household usage. This is another example of St. Bernard leading the way in recovery and growth activities. These flusher valves will improve the water quality by reducing the delivery time from the plant to the residences, St. Bernard Parish District A Councilman Ray Lauga said. DHH officials were on hand for the ribbon cutting. I would like to thank Jake Groby for spearheading this and for doggedly pursuing this, DHH Regional Engineer John Williams said. The flusher station should go a long way to improving the water quality. I cant even begin to say how great this is, said Carol Daigle as she showed samples of water she gathered since Katrina showing how cloudy her water was before the flushing stations were installed compared to how clear the water is now. These units have been installed in front of residences in the public servitude where the parishs water main is located. These locations were selected due to either having a dead end line or because the parish needed to improve the movement of water throughout the area. The stations are tied directly into the water main and the discharge is piped directly into the subsurface street drain, so as not to inconvenience any homeowner. These professionally installed units have been dressed off with a concrete pad so it can be maintained. The AFS are weather proof and will last many years. If you have any questions on these units, contact St. Bernard Water Quality Superintendent Jacob Groby at (504) 271-1681. ### Photo by Karen Turni Bazile: Shown at the ribbon cutting in front of one of the 50 Automated Flushing Stations on Benjamin Street in Arabi from left: St. Bernard Water and Sewer Staff Engineer Flozelle Roberts, St. Bernard Recovery Director Mike Dorris, Jr., FEMA Intergovernmental Affairs Specialist Lisa Ingram, DHH Sanitarian Yoland Brumfield, DHH Regional Engineer John Williams, St. Bernard Parish President Craig P. Taffaro, Jr., St. Bernard Water Quality Superintendent Jacob Groby, Paul Daigle and Carol Daigle, who are Arabi residents instrumental in getting the project funded; Todd Burnett of Coastal Process, which is the manufacturers representative; St. Bernard District A Parish Councilman Ray Lauga, Mark Abshier, vice president of Hydro-Air, which installed the stations; and Paul Denson of Singer Valve, which manufactures the flushing stations.

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