BGR Offers Spanish and Vietnamese Translations of S&WB Report Summaries

New Orleans residents concerned about the future of the Sewerage and Water Board, but whose primary language is Spanish...

Eiffel Tower, Panama Canal… S&WB? New Orleans’ drainage system joins cadre of engineering marvels

There are wonders of the ancient world. There are wonders of the modern world. There are UNESCO World Heritage...

City Council to vote on spending budget surplus as advocacy groups decry lack of transparency

The New Orleans City Council is set to vote Thursday (May 25) on a plan to spend tens of...

Nonprofit floats stormwater fee to shore up drainage system costs

Inevitably, impossibly, New Orleans lives with water. “With,” though, is a flexible term that, for more than 100 years,...

Checking In With New Orleans City Council

Joe Giarrusso joins Tommy to talk about the Sewerage and Water Board and the changes it’s going to see. ...

WBOK Interview: BGR Report on S&WB Governance, May 22, 2023

Click the video above to listen to the interview. To access BGR’s report, click here.

Flawed Governance Structure of the Sewerage & Water Board to Key Problems Affecting The City

Rebecca Mowbray and Jamie Parker joins Newell to talk about (BGR) publishing a report earlier this week, called “Waterworks...

BGR Report Says S&WB Has Major Issues In Governance Structure

Becky Mowbray and Stephen Stuart join Tommy to talk about the New Orleans S&WB and how their issues need...

Report: Sewerage and Water Board Needs to Change Its Ways

NEW ORLEANS — On May 17, the Bureau of Governmental Research released a report that says the Sewerage &...

Scathing new report calls for overhaul of Sewerage & Water Board’s structure

In a scathing new report, New Orleans watchdog group the Bureau of Governmental Research called for a complete overhaul...