This gap is yet unfulfilled. In response to changing EPA requirements to remove pathogens as well as carcinogens during water treatment, the capital budget proposes the construction of advanced water treatment facilities in 2001 and 2002. This will take place at both the Algiers and Carrolton plants and makes up sixty percent of the five-year capital program for the water system. There is some uncertainty about how much will be needed for water system capital improvements because changes in EPA clean water regulations might affect further treatment changes. Sewerage The Sewerage capital program focuses on satisfying the 1998 Federal Consent Decree that requires Eastbank sewer system repairs to comply with pollution control regulations.
Construction work is underway in four of the ten districts.
The remaining balance is used for the sewerage system's share of the general budget items and for an emergency reserve.