Since the signing of the EPA Consent Decree in
1998, the Sewerage and Water Board has been in full compliance with all
of the decree's functions and deadlines, as it carries out the $400 million Sewer
System Evaluation and Rehabilitation Program (SSERP). This citywide effort will
repair thousands of sewer line leaks and replace, renovate or re-line hundreds of miles of
sewer mains and sewer man holes.
The Board has been in full compliance with all
EPA drinking water quality regulations at its two water treatment plants. The two plants
produce 140 million gallons of water each day.
Since 1994, the administration, through the Department
of Parks and Parkways has continued to focus on the maintenance and preservation
of the city's trees. Through a partnership with the Plant-a-Tree Trust Fund
thousands of Live Oak, Palm, Pine, Cypress, Crepe Myrtle and Catalpa have been planted.
Parks and Parkways managed $11 million in
capital improvement projects at Joe W. Brown, West End, Pontchartrain,
Burke, Louis Armstrong Park and Laurence and Coliseum
Squares and Brechtel and Joe Bartholomew Golf Courses,
as well as the new developments of Bienville Park Place and Mississippi
River Heritage Park.
Through a variety of public and private
partnerships green spaces throughout New Orleans were improved. Partners included Parkway
Partners, Young Leadership Council, State of Louisiana, Federal Government, Downtown
Development District, neighborhood property owner associations and the Neighborhood
Commercial Revitalization Program.
With assistance from local citizens, the Algiers
Economic Development Foundation, the National Park Service, the American
Institute of Architects and the Louisiana Society of Landscape Architects,
park revitalization and master plans were developed for Brechtel Memorial Park
and Louis Armstrong Park. 
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