This past October at the annual WEFTEC conference in New Orleans, Entex participated in a community service project called Bogging in the Big Easy. The project was organized by WEF and Entex served as a project donor. Seven of our team members joined over a hundred volunteers from all over the country to help establish a new bioswale in NOLA’s City Park, which was devestated by Hurricane Katrina.

A little rain and mud did not stop the volunteers from rapidly planting over 5000 native species of plants in the new bioswale. After everything was planted the volunteers enjoyed a bbq lunch in a picnic area under an overpass to keep dry. Later in the day, officials from the Mayor of New Orleans and the City Council’s offices came out to the site, along with WEF leadership, to view the project and proclaim October as “Water Is Worth It” month.

Volunteering at the project were Entex engineers Jason Bowman, Erin Gallimore, Phil Beecher, James Robinson, Chuck McCall and Sarah Hubbell.