The Water Collaborative seeks to ensure a lifetime of living, thriving, and loving water for every resident.
The Water Collaborative seeks to ensure a lifetime of living, thriving, and loving water for every resident.
The Water Collaborative seeks to ensure a lifetime of living, thriving, and loving water for every resident.
Getting Smart About Water
Water is one of the biggest challenges and threats to human life in Southeast Louisiana. From tropical storms, rain events, subsidence, and aging infrastructure, we work collaboratively to develop innovative solutions to our region's most pressing problem of too much water.
Current Projects
Water Quality Testing in Cancer Alley (2024)
In the fall of 2024, The Water Collaborative conducted a tap water quality study on PFAS and heavy metals in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley. Learn more about these pollutants and their dangers and sign up for our latest round of residential water testing!
Water Justice New Orleans
A Community Lead Process for an Equitable Stormwater Fee created for and by New Orleans Residents. Since May 2022, The Water Collaborative has been leading a transparent, accessible, and inclusive process to develop a fee to fund our aging grey infrastructure system.
Water Quality Testing in Orleans Parish
In the summer of 2024, The Water Collaborative conducted a water quality study focusing on lead and copper in New Orleans. Discover more about these contaminants, the risks associated with corroded plumbing materials.
Water News
Networked for Change.
The Water Collaborative brings people from all walks of life together to ensure water is prioritized. We work to ensure water management is climate resilient, accessible, affordable, and clean for all residents living in the Greater New Orleans Region. Get involved through our free membership and advisory groups and join our climate resilient movement alongside the best leaders, professionals, and advocates in the sector.
Questions about Water or Green Infrastructure?
The members of TWC have years of combined experience in water sector. If you have a question related to water management or green infrastructure in your area, check Frequently Asked Questions and if you do not find what you are looking for, submit a question!