The function of the Drainage Department is to operate and maintain the drainage pumping stations tasked with removing storm water from within the levee system.
Flood Control/ Heavy Equipment’s main objectives are to maintain the Parish levees, maintain parish roads, clear and clean ditches, work with Army Corps of Engineers on levees, dig ditches, clear drainage pipes with a Vac Truck, and run the Empire Floodgate.
Plaquemines Parish Government’s Safety Department is committed to providing a safe working environment, for all of its employees, as well as the general public.