Slidell Breaks Ground on Dellwood Drainage Pump Station Improvements

On Monday, September 22, 2025, Slidell Mayor Bill Borchert was joined by city officials and community leaders for the groundbreaking of the Dellwood Drainage Pump Station Improvements Project. This project marks another step in the administration’s ongoing commitment to improving drainage and protecting residents and businesses from flooding.

The $5.1 million project – funded by the Louisiana Office of Community Development through the Louisiana Watershed Initiative (LWI) – will include the installation of mechanical bar screens in front of the existing Dellwood Drainage Pump Station intake basin. These screens will capture debris and prevent clogs during heavy rain, helping reduce flooding in the area.

The Louisiana Office of Community Development–Disaster Recovery funded the project through the state’s $1.2 billion CDBG-MIT grant, part of LWI’s Round 1 funding for local and regional projects. To date, OCD-DR has approved 28 Round 1 projects, all designed as implementation-ready, low-risk flood mitigation efforts with no potential negative impacts on surrounding areas. Meyer Engineering is serving as the design consultant, and RNGD is the project contractor.

“This groundbreaking is our third ceremony in three weeks for stormwater management and drainage improvements for our residents and businesses in south Slidell,” said Mayor Borchert. “We recently broke ground on the new Riecke Retention Pond off Pontchartrain Drive, the automatic flood gate and SCADA system near the Lee Street Water Basin, and now the improvements at the Dellwood Drainage Pump Station. I would like to thank everyone who worked on this project to help protect Slidell’s homes and businesses from flooding.”

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