12 boil water advisories in over a year: What’s behind the growing problem

NEW ORLEANS — In New Orleans, residents have grown accustomed to the now-familiar NOLA Ready alert warning them to boil their water “until further notice.” Twelve boil water advisories have been issued since January 2025.

A pattern of boil water advisories

This week in Uptown, a water main break left a lake along South Claiborne Avenue on Monday morning, forcing the street to close. The disruption, which left the intersection buckled, is just the latest in a string of water system failures across the city…

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