Officials will begin temporary repairs to one of the city’s drainage pumping stations Wednesday.

The station, which is listed as Drainage Pumping Station No. 7, is located on Orleans Avenue and helps protect the Mid-City and City Park areas.

Officials said low water levels in the lake and in the Orleans Avenue outfall canal following Tropical Storm Fay exposed some major deterioration of three of the station's five discharge tubes.

The damage was discovered Monday.

Officials will build a cofferdam about 300 feet from the tubes. That will allow the station to still operate normally, even if Tropical Storm Gustav does impact the New Orleans area.

The cofferdam, which kicks off Wednesday, is just a stopgap measure. According to the sewerage and water board, permanent repairs are coming.

“This is going to be a two phased approach to repair. Initially its going to be a tap repair, and it will be followed be a more extensive replacement. And that extensive replacement will take between six and nine months,” Executive Director of the Sewerage & Water Board Marcia St. Martin said.

Martin stressed the water board is working with the Army Corps of Engineers, the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority and the Orleans Parish Levee District as the project progresses.