The boil order century

I guess we should have known the increasing frequency of system failures and boil orders would inevitably lead to S&WB just giving up even trying to know if the water is safe.  

NEW ORLEANS — The Louisiana Department of Health has sent three notices of violations to the Sewerage and Water Board based on the findings of a joint investigation by the Illuminator and WVUE-TV Fox 8. The series “Tapped Out” found — and state officials confirmed — utility employees regularly fabricated drinking water testing results based on a review of several months of data.

One of the employees involved in falsifying samples has been fired, the Sewerage and Water Board has confirmed.

By skipping sampling sites or conducting the test improperly, the Sewerage and Water Board could have potentially missed the presence of contamination or when levels of chlorine in the water were inadequate to ensure it was safe.

This probably also raises the question as to whether or not it's ever really been safe. Likely there's a range of acceptable amoeba levels we're always adjusting to keep up with what's in there.