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VOTE ON SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 2021Early Voting: March 6 -13, 2021
Deadline to Request Mail Ballot is March 16 at 4:30 p.m. to be received by March 19, 2021
A CONTINUATION OF MILLAGES THAT
HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR 30 YEARS
CONSOLIDATED SEWERAGE (DISTRICT 1) &
CONSOLIDATED WATERWORKS (DISTRICT 2)
THESE MILLAGES COVER THE OPERATING COSTS OF THE
JEFFERSON PARISH WATER AND SEWERAGE DEPARTMENTSIt is the sole source of funding for all Jefferson Parish Water Department major construction projects and it
helps fund the daily operation and maintenance of Jefferson Parish’s Sewerage System. Without this funding,
Jefferson Parish would not be able to maintain or upgrade its aging water and sewer infrastructure.
5 mills
Water Department Capital Budget Complex Sewer System
There are 150,406 total water accounts in Jefferson
Parish. This millage funds the Water Department's
Capital Budget, which includes improvements in the
water treatment plants and their intakes and the
replacement of aging and broken water lines.
There are over 1,300 miles of sewer gravity lines,
hundreds of miles of sewer pressure pipe, more than
500 lift stations, 5 treatment plants which treat
approximately 57,000,000 gallons of wastewater on a
daily basis and an estimated 21,120 manholes .
If these millages are not approved, Jefferson Parish will lose critical funding for the daily operations andmaintenance of the sewerage system and the parish will lose the sole recurring source of funding forcapital improvements for its water system. Key projects would have to be put on hold.
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WATER & SEWERAGE
MILLAGES OF UP TO