Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins
Two winter storms last week have crippled the City of Shreveport. While the city expects to have water service restored today, the city will remain under a boil advisory for remainder of the week. Mayor Adrian Perkins said it all began last Monday.
“It’s a day-by-day struggle for us and we’re estimating right now even up until Friday we’ll still be under a boil advisory for the roughly 200,000 citizens that we have on our water system,” said Perkins.
Perkins said his water and sewer department is working around the clock along with contractors and state partners to get water restored. They have also set up water distribution sites for Shreveport citizens.
“Where they can go to and pick-up fresh water and we also have been delivering water to those, some of our elderly population and our disabled population, in emergency situations throughout this crisis,” said Perkins.
Perkins said nationally Texas has received the most attention, but areas of Louisiana are also experiencing critical devastation. As for being prepared for the winter storms Perkins said there was not much that could have been done considering the current infrastructure.
“Shreveport has aging infrastructure just like a lot of cities throughout Louisiana, throughout the south. So, you’ve got Mother Nature to come and drop a storm on us that we haven’t seen in like 91 years and it was just too rough on our system,
said Perkins.
Perkins said the National Guard, DOTD and GOHSEP have been assisting since the crisis began.
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