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Environmental Roundtable

Environmental Roundtables are facilitated discussions of important environmental issues, hosted by the Loyola University Environment Program. Facilitators include Environment Program students, faculty and guest hosts.

A Forum on Water Management in NOLA

LIFE BY THE DROP

 

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
 

NUNEMAKER AUDITORIUM

3rd Floor, Monroe Hall,

6363 St. Charles Ave

 

New Orleanians are frequently reminded of the vulnerability of the water systems upon which their health and safety depend.

Coastal erosion, inadequate drainage, unreliable power generation, and the potential for lead exposure are among the most visible reminders of the challenges to comprehensive water management that our city’s leaders face.
 

Please join:

• City of New Orleans’ Chief Resilience Officer Jeffrey P. Hebert

• New Orleans’ Assistant Inspector General Nadiene Van Dyke

• Urban & Landscape architect J. David Waggonner III

• Loyola College of Law Professor Robert R. M. Verchick

• Urban historian Eric M. Hardy, of the Environment Program, will serve as moderator
 

as they convene for a discussion on water infrastructure rehabilitation, administrative reform, and resiliency planning in New Orleans and its environs.
 

Free parking for guests in West Road Garage

SPONSORS INCLUDE

The Environment Program and the
Center for the Study of New Orleans
at Loyola University New Orleans.

 

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