sewerage and water board

The New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board (SWBNO) has a new director, and he comes amid a busy time for the agency.

Fifty-seven percent of the city’s residents support a stormwater fee to maintain the city’s drainage system, according to a survey from New-Orleans based nonprofit, the Water Collaborative.

Residents in the Lower Ninth Ward and parts of New Orleans East will no longer need to boil their water.

The Environmental Protection Agency has set a deadline of 2037 for lead line replacement. A new study out from the Water Collaborative of Greater New Orleans tested the water in nearly 150 homes in New Orleans. It found that 88% tested positive for lead.

Two drainage pump systems, one in West End and another in New Orleans East had brief disruptions. The system suffered a major setback when six drainage pumps stopped working at three stations Wednesday night. The diesel generators used to power them went down temporarily until the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans changed the power source.

The president toured the plant on Thursday as part of his visit to Louisiana promote his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan.

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