Sewerage and Water Board gives progress report on crucial drainage equipment repair [Video]

NEW ORLEANS — With a tropical disturbance moving across Florida, hurricane preparedness was top of mind at City Hall on Thursday.

Hearing that the city’s drainage system is fragile isn’t the news you want to get during hurricane season.

“We are feeling good at this point, but I do want to reiterate it is old and has fragile components,” Sewerage and Water Board Superintendent, Steve Nelson said.

That’s exactly what Sewerage and Water Board officials told the New Orleans City Council on Thursday.

“I do feel it’s worth mentioning that even with Turbine 4 online it is a 120-year-old piece of equipment,” Nelson said.

Turbine four, which has been out of service since February, still isn’t up and running, but Nelson says parts to fix the …