NEW FROM WDSU INVESTIGATES ONLY 500 CATCH BASINS HAVE BEEN CLEANED OUT IN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS THIS YEAR. THERE ARE MORE THAN 70,000 ACROSS NEW ORLEANS. IT COMES DESPITE $10 MILLION EARMARKED BY ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Mardi Gras krewes understand that they contribute to the catch basins clogging with some of their throws during their parades. With hurricane season upon us, now’s the time to ...

I HAVE REACHED OUT TO KNOW SEVERAL SEWERAGE AND WATER BOARD, AS WELL AS ENTERGY, AND THEY ALL TELL US THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY JUST CLOSELY MONITORING THE SYSTEM AHEAD OF WHAT’S TO COME IN MAKING THOSE ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - As legislation shifting responsibility for cleaning catch basins to the Sewerage and Water Board, from where it stands right now at the city’s feet, approaches the finish line, ...

LAKEWOOD, Ohio -- Public Works Director Chris Gordon said the city annually cleans and inspects roughly 2,000 catch basins. “A catch basin is along the curb on the street that accumulates rainwater ...

NEW ORLEANS — City Councilman Joe Giarrusso says a very few of the city's catch basins have been cleaned. He says after the weekend's rain event he wants to see many of the clogged catch basins ...

The city officially launched its “Adopt-A-Catch Basin” pilot program in Greenpoint on Tuesday, hoping to deputize locals as volunteer storm drain supervisors. Greenpointers who sign up for the program ...

NEW ORLEANS — It's a question New Orleanians are often heard asking before expected heavy rain, "Are my catch basins clean?" According to the city's most recent numbers, thousands upon thousands of ...

Ride-along with the Boston Water and Sewer Commission workers who keep a forgotten but critical piece of infrastructure in ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Weeks after it went offline, the Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans (SWBNO) says it still doesn’t know why its Turbine 4 isn’t working. At the same time, the city is trying to ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Garret Mosley, 61, of New Brighton, took home the top prize at the recent city Department of Environmental Protection’s Bureau of Water and Sewer Operations fourth annual ...

Mayor LaToya Cantrell's new public works director on Tuesday asked residents to help where they can in keeping catch basins clean and said City Hall has made a dent in the massive backlog of broken ...