Grass-clogged catch basins and lack of public oversight were among drainage-related concerns voiced by New Orleans residents Thursday night (Aug. 17), during a town hall meeting in response to the ...

Down the Drain is a WWL-TV investigative project that explores what went wrong and where the blame lies for New Orleans' drainage crisis. Down the Drain was reported and produced by WWL-TV's ...

OF NICHOSLA HERE IN NEW ORLEANS MANY OF YOU SAY YOU’RE WORRIED ABOUT THE RAIN FROM THIS TROPICAL STORM, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THERE’S A LOT OF DEBRIS LEFT FROM IDA. SOME OF IT IS BLOCKING STORM. DRAINS ...

The Sewerage and Water Board and City Hall are on the cusp of something they’ve long agreed is necessary but have repeatedly failed to accomplish: the transfer of responsibility for New Orleans' ...

A massive push to clean New Orleans’ catch basins in the wake of last summer’s floods was spread widely through much of the city's east bank, though not always in the worst-inundated areas, and with a ...

NEW ORLEANS -- There was excitement in the 5800 block of Louis XIV when the city of New Orleans replaced broken and long neglected catch basins in front of their homes. Lakeview neighbor Carol Lewis ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - After years of discussion and planning, the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (SWBNO) will formally take over catch basin maintenance and related drainage work starting ...

The Town of Hempstead has installed two storm-drain catch basins to help alleviate flooding on a two-block stretch of Woodside Avenue in Baldwin, but residents say they are waiting for Nassau County ...

WEBVTT THE DEPARTMENT WILL HIRE OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS TO CLEAN THEM OUT. TALK TO RESIDENTS IN NEW ORLEANS, THEY WILL TELL YOU DRAINAGE IS A TOP PRIORITY. >> WE NEED TO STOP THE CITY FROM DROWNING. AS ...

Locations for all 72,000 catch basins in New Orleans have been added to a new map city officials launched earlier this year, making it possible to track which have been cleaned, when they were cleaned ...