It is an agent and contractor of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS). Rural areas are localized, and provided by the Rural Waterworks and Sewage Authority. Large siphons may be used in municipal waterworks and industry. The lime principally supplied for waterworks, gas works and tanneries. The mills and the waterworks lay in ruins. This connects all the waterworks, and pumping stations. It contains numerous ponds, waterworks, and wooden Chinese pavilions. This began with the blowing up of the waterworks reservoir dam on 24 November 1941. Electricity and waterworks in the main cities were also funded. By 1885, a town waterworks and reservoir was established although water quality remained a problem. The process of designing and constructing the waterworks system in New Orleans spanned eleven years. It had immense gardens, artificial springs, and a system of waterworks. Its offices are in Starcke Park, near the Seguin waterworks. The original waterworks and piping are still functional. The town's first waterworks was built in 1852.