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‘Tapped Out’: Investigation finds deeper issues with New Orleans drinking water
Emails and interviews with Sewerage and Water Board officials, combined with an extensive analysis of their data, have revealed deeper, more extensive problems within New Orleans’ drinking water testing and sample collection programs than the Illuminator and our investigative news partners at WVUE-TV Fox 8 previously reported earlier this month. For example, GPS data show […]
Tapped Out: New Orleans drinking water testing procedures don’t follow gov’t regulations
NEW ORLEANS — Dr. Stephen Giepert, his wife Alathea, and their two energetic young children live and thrive in the Lake Terrace neighborhood. They were relieved recently when it became clear an encroaching saltwater wedge in the Mississippi River would not threaten the city’s water supply. But that relief was short lived when the Louisiana […]
Tapped Out: Investigation reveals S&WB employees skipped, falsified drinking water tests
NEW ORLEANS — Records the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans sent to the state health department show plant worker Louis Pierre Jr. traveled to five locations Feb. 17 in neighborhoods on the city’s west bank to collect and analyze drinking water samples. The samples, required under state law, measure the amount of chlorine […]
New Orleans’ drinking water supply remains at risk
Forecasts for saltwater intrusion along the lower Mississippi River have grown more encouraging. While plans are in motion to safeguard the water supply from excess salt, the slow-motion crisis has raised public awareness of the various water intakes along the river. The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans has four such intake structures, two […]