Louisiana lawmakers to weigh giving New Orleans council broad power over S&WB
State lawmakers on Wednesday will consider a bill that gives the New Orleans City Council sweeping powers over the Sewerage and...
New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno, S&WB tangle over bill for local control
The Sewerage & Water Board has come out against a legislative bill that would give the New Orleans City...
The S&WB has a detailed plan for New Orleans water mains. It’s 23 years old.
After four floods in six weeks caused by bursting water mains, New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno and furious City...
Editorial: Helena Moreno is approaching New Orleans’ sanitation shortfall the right way
Of all the things Helena Moreno hoped to do when she was running for mayor of New Orleans, raising...
The structure of the Sewerage and Water Board is flawed. We need an overhaul
How should the Sewerage and Water Board be governed? Should New Orleans officials have more control? We talk with...
After water main breaks, Mayor Helena Moreno puts S&WB on frontburner
Mayor Helena Moreno didn’t plan to spend so much time on the Sewerage & Water Board so early in...
Mayor Helena Moreno mostly quiet about broader vision for S&WB as agency faces turning point
As she led her first meeting of New Orleans’ Sewerage and Water Board, Mayor Helena Moreno on Wednesday remained...
We can’t keep putting off finding funding for drainage in New Orleans
The Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) released a report earlier this week called “Paying for Drainage,” examining the Sewerage...
BGR Report Finds Significant Drainage Funding Gap
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – A new report from the Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) finds that New Orleans’ drainage system...
