S&WB
New Report Examines Big Decision Ahead on Drainage Funding
January 8, 2026
The Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) released a new report today examining the Sewerage & Water Board’s effort to develop a...
BGR Reviews Spending and Impacts of the 2019 New Orleans Bond Authorization
October 20, 2025
Today the Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) released Beyond the Ballot: Analyzing Spending and Impacts of the 2019 New...
Here’s how New Orleans’ mayoral candidates would fix the Sewerage and Water Board
By Ben Myers
Source: The Times-Picayune | Nola.com
August 25, 2025
The New Orleans mayoral election comes at a critical juncture for the Sewerage and Water Board, as agency officials...
Gain Insights from BGR on Key Election Issues
July 8, 2025
Voters will head to the polls in October to decide New Orleans’ municipal elections, with the seats of the...
June 18 Breakfast Briefing Focuses on Post-Katrina Government Reforms and Future Citizen Engagement
June 18, 2025
Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, BGRâs June 18 Breakfast Briefing discussed the disaster’s lasting impact on...March 26 Briefing Explores Lessons Learned from Super Bowl Infrastructure Playbook
March 26, 2025
More than 500 local infrastructure projects and repairs were completed in the leadup to Super Bowl LIX, eclipsing a...
Quin Hillyer: Back home in Louisiana, where personalities and politics are bigger than life
By Quin Hillyer
Source: The Times-Picayune | Nola.com
February 1, 2025
Early 20th-century novelist Thomas Wolfe wrote, âYou canât go home again.â Dorothy Gale, in “The Wizard of Oz,” though,...New Orleans secures funding for water treatment, drainage infrastructure
By Nolan Mckendry
Source: The Center Square via New Orleans CityBusiness
September 20, 2024
New Orleans’ drainage and power infrastructure has just secured funding for a much needed upgrade that will address the...New Orleans is in a âgood place’ before storm Francine, Sewerage & Water Board chief says
By Kaylee Poche
Source: Gambit
September 10, 2024
New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board Director Ghassan Korban said Tuesday the cityâs pumping and drainage system is in...Watch Replay of Breakfast Briefing: Sewerage and Water Board Update
September 10, 2024
Today, the Bureau of Governmental Research hosted its fourth and final Breakfast Briefing of the year. Our speaker was...