NOLA Sewerage & Water Board Takeover
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NOLA Sewerage & Water Board Takeover
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Sewerage & Water Board was created at a time when there was no municipal government, no unitary city government, big enough to construct a major sewer and drainage system. The state created the quasi-independent body as a stopgap in the 19th century, yet the lack of authority the City of New Orleans possessed over it has plagued the agency ever since. Streets often were ripped up that had been just repaired, drainage issues went unheated as there was little local public accountability, and billing remained logical only in a chiaroscuro kind of way.
On August 1, 2026, that began to change. Act 938 went into effect Saturday, Aug. 1. This state law gives the New Orleans City Council more control and oversight over the Sewerage and Water Board. Despite press reports that the City now completely “controls” the S&WB, it’s still remains an independent agency. New Orleans has not duplicated the example of Jefferson Parish in putting its drainage, pumping, and sewer systems in the same department of public works along with road repair and infrastructure management. That would be simple and straightforward—and constitutionally difficult, at least so legislator thought because of historic state investment in the agency.
Still, the Aug. 6 changes give the council oversight of the agency’s budgets and key contracts and outline communication requirements during emergencies. The City Council also requests the Louisiana Legislative Auditor Michael Waguespack perform an audit of the agency and the Civil Service commission study employee pay. The council is also asking the board, on which Mayor Helena Moreno will soon replace several members, to look into and decide whether to combine the $427,000 executive director position with the $235,000 general superintendent position. The ordinances next go to Moreno’s desk. Her administration helped craft them as well as push for the state law that allowed city leaders to make these changes. Council members have long complained that though they have been the ones people contact when they have issues with S&WB, they didn’t have much control over the state agency.
Council President JP Morrell said the council is trying to turn around public opinion of S&WB, which he said was at 14% approval, before a tax millage set to go before voters next year. If the public isn’t convinced to fund the city’s sewerage, water and drainage system, the city will be in trouble, he warned. The measures the council also passed in accordance with the state law include having the board explore meeting in council chambers rather than in a small room at their headquarters. Morrell said he thought this would encourage more public participation at board meetings, adding that over the years, he’s felt the board wasn’t in touch with the public. He said the board didn’t understand how upset people were when S&WB sent them erroneous bills for thousands of dollars, adding the agency had a policy to offer people a discount on the bills rather than forgive them. The council eventually hired a law firm to handle S&WB billing issues.
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