Ex-Sewerage & Water Board worker booked in theft of 1,000 pounds of brass
nola.com A former Sewerage and Water Board employee was booked Thursday (Aug. 3) on charges that he stole more than 1,000 pounds of brass from water meters. Continue Reading
nola.com A former Sewerage and Water Board employee was booked Thursday (Aug. 3) on charges that he stole more than 1,000 pounds of brass from water meters. Continue Reading
Nola.com Nine more Sewerage and Water Board employees have been implicated in an investigation involving the theft of more than half million dollars worth of brass from the utility system. Continue Reading
The New Orleans Advocate 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...
BuzzFeed News 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...
NOLA.COM 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. Continue Reading
THEADVOCATE.COM 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...
Nola.com New Orleans Inspector General Ed Quatrevaux vowed Thursday (Sept. 14) to tightly monitor the city’s $22 million plan to clean and repair thousands of catch basins. Continue Reading
THEADVOCATE.com The New Orleans City Council has approved rules allowing more overtime for Sewerage & Water Board workers despite the objections of the Inspector General’s Office, which argued there are no safeguards in place to make sure the system is not abused. Continue Reading
BY CHAD CALDER, NOLA.com | The Advocate The New Orleans Inspector General’s Office says the city continues to balk at turning off water service for customers who don’t pay their bill for trash pickup, despite having the legal authority to do so. Continue Reading
Greg LaRose, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune The Sewerage and Water Board issued nearly $42 million in sanitation fees on behalf of the city of New Orleans in 2014 but did not collect on $7 million — nearly 17 percent, and the city failed to shut off water service to customers with outstanding balances as allowed under its...