Waterworks Director Robert Brou said the $26 million plant will add 6 million gallons to the daily water supply on the East Bank, boosting the daily output to 13 million gallons.
St. Charles Parish President V.J. St. Pierre said continuous growth in business and residential areas in the parish prompted the push to expand capacity at the East Bank plants.
 Parish and state officials were in St. Charles recently for a groundbreaking on a new water treatment facility in New Sarpy. Pictured from left to right are Michael R. Pittman, Contractor-MR Pittman Group, LLC, Gary McClure, Shread-Kuyrkendall & Assoc.-Engineers, Dondi Troxler, St. Charles Waterworks, Robert Brou, Waterworks Director, Carolyn Schexnaydre, Councilwoman-at-Large, Division A, Grant Walsh, St. Charles Waterworks, V.J. St. Pierre, Parish President, Dennis Nuss, Councilman-District 7, Louisiana Congressman Steve Scalise and Terry Authement, Councilman-at-Large, Division B. The new plant is expected to ease the strain on the East Bank water system. |
St. Charles Public Information Officer Renee Allemand-Simpson said construction is expected to take 24 months. She said the parish has assigned engineering firm Shread-Kuyrkendall and Associates to the project.
Allemand-Simpson said the St. Charles Parish Council approved $8 million to go toward funding for the project, with the rest coming from the sale of bonds. St. Pierre Jr. said the project will end concerns about the aging C-Plant, which has been the workhorse for water production on the East Bank.
In addition to the plant, other waterworks improvements as part of this project include two underwater river crossings, which will link the new plant to the West Bank system.
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