WLI 2025, Responding to Population Shifts: What Resilient Utilities Do

Coming on the heels of the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, this video explores how leaders from neighboring utilities in the New Orleans metro respond to population shifts. Leaders from the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans and Jefferson Parish are doing two things at once: closing today’s infrastructure gaps and preparing for tomorrow’s demand. They respond to changes in demand by reading early warning signals, acting on bottlenecks, and building plans the public can support.

Produced by the 2025 WEF Water Leadership Institute Green Cohort, Team 4:
Sam Broadnax, Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans
Powell Hinson, Carollo
Emma Housman, Xylem
Arisbeth Ibarra Nieblas, Trinity River Authority
Krysten Marshall, Garver
Brandon Scurto, Northern Moraine Wastewater Reclamation District
Ashley Voskuhl, Water Environment Federation

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