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**Update**
The Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office of Homeland Security secured 42 pallets of water to aid families in need, due to a water shortage. With the help of the Shreveport Volunteer Network, the water will be delivered to the Shreveport Fire Maintenance Facility at 7300 Mansfield Rd., where it will be distributed.  From 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., families will be allowed one case of 24 bottles. This water will be distributed by personnel employed by the City of Shreveport. 

Authorities with Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Homeland Security secured 21 more pallets of water that will be distributed to four parish towns in need.  With the help of Caddo Parish Public Works, the water is expected to arrive after noon on December 27.  Citizens are urged to reach out to their town officials to learn how to receive a case of water for their family.  This water will be distributed by employees of the Caddo Parish Commission.

The following are the addresses to where the water will be delivered:

Town of Blanchard 
110 Main St.
Blanchard, LA

Town of Gilliam
12825 Main St.
Gilliam, LA

Town of Belcher
411 Charles St.
Belcher, LA

Town of Greenwood
9381 Greenwood Rd.
Greenwood, LA

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 The Caddo Sheriff's Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness is facilitating state assets, such as tanker trucks, pipes, and pumps, to continually shuttle water until pressure is restored in Shreveport.

One of the main issues is keeping hospitals and dialysis clinics running. Water is a vital resource to keep those facilities heated and to maintain cleanliness.

The Caddo Sheriff's Office has secured two 18-wheeler loads (42 pallets) of bottled water for distribution throughout the parish for those water systems that are currently unable to supply customers.

More information will be released as it becomes available.

All local public agencies are assisting along with the Shreveport Volunteer Network.

The Shreveport Water Department and parish water systems will release more information about the status of their water supply as it becomes available.

For questions regarding this press release, please contact Casey Jones