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re: New Orleans is losing over 70% of its water supply due to leaks
Posted on 8/10/26 at 4:41 pm to Cycledude
Posted on 8/10/26 at 4:41 pm to Cycledude
New Orleans also uses a "left handed" thread water valve as their standard.
but AWWA allows for leakage in the testing of a water main:
but AWWA allows for leakage in the testing of a water main:
quote:
Specialized AWWA Leak StandardsValves and Gates (e.g., AWWA C561): Specifies maximum allowable seat/seal leakage limits for infrastructure like slide gates, typically restricted to a threshold of 0.10 gallons per minute per foot (gpm/ft) of the wetted sealing perimeter under design head pressure.
Posted on 8/10/26 at 4:45 pm to Cycledude
Guess what all that escaping water does under the streets and houses.
Water escaping from a pressurized system creates voids. It’s “rehydrating” in the same way police water cannons hydrate protesters.
Water escaping from a pressurized system creates voids. It’s “rehydrating” in the same way police water cannons hydrate protesters.
This post was edited on 8/10/26 at 4:49 pm
Posted on 8/10/26 at 4:50 pm to Cycledude
quote:
yet 70% is wasted to leaking pipes in the ground.
Oh so what? There's a cool new coffee shop that opened up right next to the new boutique donut shop that will close in 6 months. And get this, the baristas only speak French! Water leak, shmarter leak, get your priorities straight people.
Posted on 8/10/26 at 4:52 pm to nealnan8
I believe the article said 76%
Posted on 8/10/26 at 5:08 pm to Cycledude
What did the billions from Kateina fix?
Very serious question.
Very serious question.
Posted on 8/10/26 at 5:28 pm to DeafVallyBatnR
quote:
What did the billions from Kateina fix?
That 2 billion was a band aid
Posted on 8/10/26 at 6:51 pm to Cycledude
I can believe that. About a month ago a crew came out to repair a leak by a house across the street and 4 doors down from me.
They left and it wasn't a week later the leak is back and worse than it was before they tore 3 holes in the street to fix it.
They can't do anything right it seems.
They left and it wasn't a week later the leak is back and worse than it was before they tore 3 holes in the street to fix it.
They can't do anything right it seems.
Posted on 8/10/26 at 6:58 pm to Cycledude
quote:not even a little bit amazed at that number.
yet 70% is wasted to leaking pipes in the ground. Amazing to me that it’s gotten this bad.
I’ve probably walked or rode a bike down 95% of the streets in the parish in the last 20 years. Ive come across hundreds of substantial water leaks. And hundreds that would freely flow for months and maybe years.
I’m talking leaks that are eroding swaths of soil and just flowing
Posted on 8/10/26 at 7:03 pm to nealnan8
quote:
Oh so what? There's a cool new coffee shop that opened up right next to the new boutique donut shop that will close in 6 months. And get this, the baristas only speak French! Water leak, shmarter leak, get your priorities straight people.
quote:aren’t you like 70yo and live in Georgia?
by nealnan8
Posted on 8/10/26 at 7:16 pm to SuperSaint
quote:
And hundreds that would freely flow for months and maybe years
The one across from Superior Seafood will take out half of Uptown when it ruptures in a week.
The geyser was about 4" high today.
This post was edited on 8/10/26 at 7:17 pm
Posted on 8/10/26 at 7:17 pm to Cycledude
Put Africa in charge, get Africa results.
Posted on 8/10/26 at 8:23 pm to Cycledude
S&WB Executive Director Randy Hayman
Posted on 8/10/26 at 9:05 pm to Cycledude
This just a waterflood drive mechanism baw
Posted on 8/10/26 at 9:11 pm to PGAOLDBAWNevahBroke
So how much money could they save if they only had to treat 30% of the volume they are currently treating? That seems like a pretty big savings. So borrow the money and fix it all. Then pay it back with the money saved.
Posted on 8/10/26 at 9:16 pm to Cycledude
quote:
So borrow the money and fix it all. Then pay it back with the money saved.
Depends on what you mean by "fix it all" repair costs are estimated at abiut 8 billion dollars. Or 4x the cost given for repairs from "all the Katrina money" people think rolled in.
Just in immediate repairs is likely close to $1B. That wouldn't last very long though as the the system is being attacked from age and mother nature.
Posted on 8/10/26 at 9:27 pm to ShrimperDan
quote:
Given that info, if the 70% number is accurate that is extremely alarming.
quote:
Reports from the New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) revealed that non-revenue water losses have hovered around 70% annually for over a decade.
quote:
The massive volume of lost water costs taxpayers millions—with OIG findings highlighting tens of millions of dollars wasted over brief multi-year windows due to uncollected revenue and inefficient monitoring. Additionally, constant underground leaks saturate the soil, contributing significantly to road degradation and sinking street conditions across New Orleans.
Posted on 8/10/26 at 9:32 pm to Cycledude
quote:
Bluefield analysts Megan Bondar, who reviewed hundreds of water systems to estimate the national average last year, said New Orlean’s loss rate is among the highest, if not the highest she has encountered.
Worse than Puerto Rico. I used to say parts NO reminds me of Haiti. Definitely ran like Haiti.
Posted on 8/10/26 at 9:35 pm to Cycledude
I would love an audit of the last 10 years to see how much they fraudulently over charged people to compensate for leaks and the people several years in arrears on their bill. They can't cut people off because their current backlog would take OVER a year to cut everyone for not paying their bills. So instead, they overcharge the paying customers.
And they do dumb shite like sending a $30,000 bill to house averaging $100 a month.
And they do dumb shite like sending a $30,000 bill to house averaging $100 a month.
This post was edited on 8/11/26 at 7:58 am
Posted on 8/10/26 at 9:51 pm to Bmath
quote:
Or, hear me out, it’s a feature to combat subsidence.
I don’t know it it is a feature… but it would be interesting to see how worse sinkage would get without us putting that much water back in the ground…
Posted on 8/10/26 at 9:54 pm to fightin tigers
quote:
New Orleans water comes from the river. The only risk of water running out is treatment speed.
Yes but there is a cost to treating 4x more water than needed
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