Pumps and Canal Drainage

Purpose

Pumps & Canal Drainage Department operates and maintains the 8 drainage pumping stations, tasked with removing storm water from within the levee system in St. Bernard Parish. These are the locations of each drainage pumping station: 

Pump Station #1- 4200-B Jean Lafitte Parkway, Chalmette, LA 70043. 

Pump Station #2- 4201 Jean Lafitte Parkway, Chalmette, LA 70043. 

Pump Station #3- 3700 Bartolo Drive, Meraux, LA 70075. 

Pump Station #4- 3200 Guerra Drive, Violet, LA 70092. 

Pump Station #5- 7701 E. Judge Perez Drive, Violet, LA 70092. 

Pump Station #6- 4200-A Jean Lafitte Parkway, Chalmette, LA 70043. 

Pump Station #7- 3701 Bartolo Drive, Meraux, LA 70075. 

Pump Station #8- 3616 Bayou Road, St. Bernard, LA 70085.

We also have 6 Pumps outside of the levee system that remove the storm water from Alluvial City, Delacroix Island, Florissant North and South, Woodlake-Jacks Canal and Reggio.

The Drainage Pump Operators work various 8–12-hour shifts, 7 days a week, including night shifts and are on call at all times. They are responsible for operating the pumps, monitoring rainfall amounts, canal levels, maintenance and general housekeeping of the pump stations. 

Equipment Operators and Laborers maintain areas bordering drainage canals that lead to the drainage pump stations and surrounding areas including mowing, spraying, cleaning and clearing canals of debris. 

All members of the Pumps & Canal Drainage Department team work closely together to keep St. Bernard Parish safe from the rainfall and storm waters that may come!