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          HI, MY NAME'S HUBERT FRANKLIN. 
          I'M THE SEWAGE DIRECTOR FOR JEFFERSON PARISH. 
          WE'RE HERE AT THE EAST BANK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, JEFFERSON PARISH THAT TAKES IN ROUGHLY AROUND 35 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY. 
          WE ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR PRIMARIES. 
          UH, THE PLANT'S BEEN IN SERVICE FOR 35 YEARS AND, UH, THE HYDROGEN SULFIDE GASES THAT HAVE BEEN ACCUMULATED IN OUR COLLECTION SYSTEM HAS BEEN EATEN AWAY AT THE WALLS OF THESE PRIMARIES. 
          SO WE WANT TO GET IN HERE, RECOAT THIS, UH, THESE CEMENT COLUMNS AND PUT THESE HATCHES BACK ON. 
          SO THEREFORE WE CAN CLOSE THE HATCHES AND GET RID OF SOME OF THE HYDROGEN SULFIDE GASES GETTING OUT INTO THE, UH, EAST BANK OF JEFFERSON PARISH. 
          THIS IS A PRIMARY CLARIFIER CHANNEL. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE THE DETERIORATION THAT THE HYDROGEN SULFIDE HAS BEEN DOING TO THIS COLUMN GOING AROUND THIS CHANNEL. 
          WHAT WE ARE DOING, WE ARE TRYING TO WORK TO RECO THESE COLUMNS THAT'S HOLDING UP THIS INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          SO, UH, WE CAN, SO THIS PRIMARY CAN LAST ANOTHER 20, 30 YEARS BEFORE BEING REHABBED AGAIN. 
          ON THIS SIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE CEMENT, UH, COLUMN HAS BEEN WIPED AND YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES. 
          EVENTUALLY, ONCE THEY FINISH AND, AND, AND, AND FINISH UP THE PRODUCT, IT'S GONNA LOOK MUCH BETTER AND MUCH CLEANER. 
          HYDROGEN SULFIDE IS ALWAYS CREATED IN A SEWAGE COLLECTION SYSTEM. 
          THAT SMELL IS GONNA BE HERE, UH, WHEN THIS JOB IS COMPLETE, BUT IT WON'T BE AS STRONG AFTER WE ABLE TO PUT THESE HATCHES BACK ON. 
          WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THE BLUE GREEN ORDER CONTROL UNIT. 
          AND, AND WHAT DOES THIS UNIT DOES IS PUSHES OXYGEN INTO THAT LIFT STATION TO TREAT THE HYDROGEN SULFIDE GASES THAT ACCUMULATE IN THE LIFT STATION. 
          THE EQUIPMENT THAT, THAT WE NEED TO GET THIS BACK UP AND RUNNING SHOULD BE IN BY THE END OF JANUARY. 
          SO WE LOOK IN THE END OF JANUARY TO GET THIS UNIT BACK UP AND RUNNING. 
          UH, AND THAT WILL HELP WITH THE HYDROGEN SULFIDE THAT'S ACCUMULATING IN OUR COLLECTION SYSTEM. 
          ALL THE INORGANIC FEMININE PRODUCTS, RAGS, TRASH, DEBRIS, UNDERWEAR, SHOULDN'T BE IN OUR SYSTEM BECAUSE IT'S COSTING THIS HYDROGEN SULFIDE GAS THAT'S, UH, DOING A LOT OF DAMAGE THROUGHOUT THE PARISH. 
          WE SEE MOP HEADS, WE SEE RAGS, WE SEE TOWELS. 
          ALL THOSE THINGS ACCUMULATE IN THESE LIFT STATIONS AND CAUSE BALLS AND WHICH CLOG UP OUR, UH, GRAVITY AND FORCE MAN PIPING, WHICH MAKES US HAVE TO GO THROUGHOUT THE PARISH AND, AND MAKE A LOT OF REPAIRS ON A DAILY BASIS. 
          EVERYTHING THAT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE FLUSHED DOWN THE TALLEST AND INTO OUR COLLECTION SYSTEM IS GONNA GET INTO THIS LIFT STATION AND FLOAT TO THE TOP, AND THAT'S GONNA CAUSE THAT HYDROGEN SULFIDE GAS. 
          A JOB LIKE THIS WILL COST WELL OVER 120 TO $150,000 TO GET A COMPANY TO COME IN AND CLEAN THIS LIFT STATION TOTAL. 
          RIGHT NOW WE OUT AT, UH, CITRUS AND ELWOOD. 
          UH, LIFT STATION AT THIS POINT IS WHERE JEFFERSON PARISH TAKES SEND THE, THE PRIVATE SEWER FROM THE AM WOOD SHOPPING CENTER. 
          AND AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, THIS LIFT STATION IS ALWAYS PACKED WITH, UH, GREASE OIL FATS, UH, THAT'S PROBABLY COMING FROM THESE, UH, RESTAURANTS THROUGHOUT THE AMWAY SHOPPING CENTER. 
          THIS IS CAUSING MAJOR ORDERS AT OUR EAST BANK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. 
          WE'RE GONNA DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN TO, UH, GET RID OF THIS GAS AND, UH, FIGHT THIS FIGHT THE BEST WAY WE KNOW HOW.
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