If you are living in New Orleans, you may - or may have been - exposed to elevated lead levels in your drinking water without even realizing it, a risk that could spike as the city of New Orleans embarks on a $2.4 billion infrastructure overhaul.
Lead in New Orleans pipes? IG's Office sounds alarm on 'extremely serious' concerns amid planned work
The massive amount of infrastructure work expected in New Orleans in coming years could shake loose lead that will find its way into water pipes, and the Sewerage & Water Board needs to do more to ensure residents are not in danger, according to a new report from the city's Office of Inspector General.
New Orleans is not warning residents about possible lead exposure, says a scathing new report
The massive amount of infrastructure work expected in New Orleans in coming years could shake loose lead that will find its way into water pipes, and the Sewerage & Water Board needs to do more to ensure residents are not in danger, according to a new report from the city's Office of Inspector General.
Letters: Community outreach critical for IG office
Shortly after I became the New Orleans Inspector General, I met with Professor Michael Cowan and Nolan Rollins, former President of the Urban League of New Orleans. They told me that the Office of Inspector General should do "outreach." In all my years of experience, I had never heard of an OIG doing outreach.
10 Sewerage and Water Board employees caught stealing, selling brass: inspector general
Ten former employees of the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans are being arrested on theft charges after the Office of Inspector General said they stole more than $500,000 in brass fittings from the utility system and sold them at local scrap yards.
10 Sewerage and Water Board employees accused of selling brass illegally to scrapyards
Ten former employees of the New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board are suspected of stealing tens of thousands of pounds of brass fittings from the agency and selling the metal to local scrapyards, city officials said Wednesday, describing a scheme that went undetected for at least two years and cost the city more than $500,000.
Inspector general: New Orleans' handling of insurance improved but not perfect
New Orleans’ city government has improved the way it handles insurance on its buildings, but it still is falling short of several changes sought by the city Inspector General’s Office, according to a new report from that office.
IG praises French Market Corp. for redoing controversial lease for Bourbon Street park
The New Orleans agency that manages the French Market and other French Quarter real estate earned praise from the Inspector General's Office on Wednesday for eliminating the middleman in a Bourbon Street property lease — a move that netted the city nearly $180,000 in the new arrangement’s first year.
Blown red lights don't represent biggest danger for pedestrians in New Orleans, report says
Mayor Mitch Landrieu has proposed doubling the number of traffic cameras in New Orleans next year, a move he says should reduce dangerous driving in school zones and on busy streets. But a report Wednesday from Inspector General Ed Quatrevaux suggests there may be greater threats to pedestrian safety than drivers running red lights.
New Orleans pedestrian crossings still perilous, inspector general finds
New Orleans has been making recent upgrades to signalized pedestrian crossings at its busiest intersections, but a new report from the Office of Inspector General shows the city remains one of the most dangerous places in the state to navigate on foot.
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