One of the Sewerage and Water Board’s turbines shut down Thursday when it lost steam pressure at the Carrollton Water Plant, officials said.
A spokesperson for the S&WB said the shutdown caused a drop in water pressure across the east bank of New Orleans, but a precautionary boil-water advisory will not be issued because the water pressure did not drop below the state-mandated threshold.
Water pressure was restored in less than seven minutes and remains fully pressurized for the east bank, S&WB officials said.
1, was built in 1909 and is powered by steam from a boiler, officials said.
Officials said it is the smallest of the turbines the S&WB uses.
The S&WB also uses backup generators.
Additional information was not released.
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