As State Task Force Considers S&WB Reforms, BGR Advances Governance Recommendations

April 2, 2024

In early 2024, Gov. Jeff Landry formed a Task Force to review the billing, governing structure, and management and organizational structure of the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans. Click the links below to access BGR’s comments to the Task Force and on its recommendations:

BGR’s recommendations are based on our extensive 2023 report on S&WB governance, Waterworks in Progress. Click here to access that report.

BGR President and CEO Rebecca Mowbray comments to the New Orleans City Council’s Budget, Audit and Board of Review Committee on April 2, 2024, on BGR’s alternative to the “recovery district” proposal.