New Orleans area water testing labs investigation [Video]

Boil-water advisories are commonplace across southeast Louisiana and are often a major inconvenience for you.So far this year, there has been one advisory issued in Jefferson Parish, while there were four issued in 2023.In New Orleans, there have been five issued this year, and in St. Tammany – they’ve had 32 boil-water advisories parishwide — by far the most in this area.So we’re going behind the scenes to let you know how your water is tested.At the water treatment plant on the east bank of Jefferson Parish, inside an old building built in the 1930s, sits one of the most critically important labs in southeast Louisiana.”When there is a boil water advisory in Jefferson Parish, this is where it’s being tested to let people know their water is safe?” WDSU’s Travers Mackel asked.”Yeah, that’s exactly right. What we do is it’s all hands on deck,” said Kristen Rivero, Chief Chemist …