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 ...

Sweep leaves, garbage and debris away from the grate so stormwater can flow freely to the basin. The best time of year to ...

WEBVTT BRYAN ADLIBS...TOSS TO LEN WE'RE FACING SEVERAL MORE DAYS OF RAINY WEATHER. IT IS HAVING A POSITIVE EFFECT ON THE DROUGHT WE'VE BEEN IN FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS. KMBC 9'S MICHEAL MAHONEY HAS MORE ...

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 ...

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 ...

AFFECTING YOU. BUT FIRST, WE’RE GOING TO BEGIN RIGHT NOW WITH A STORY FROM WDSU INVESTIGATES $10 MILLION. BASICALLY UNO. TOUCHED MONEY THAT COULD HAVE BEEN USED TO CLEAN STORM DRAINS AND CATCH BASINS.

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 ...

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 ...

A priority project list includes nine pipe replacements and 42 other repairs to cracks, corrosion, leaks, root infiltration ...

UMass Lowell has established a Catch Basin Stenciling/Marking Program where University staff and student volunteers can stencil a message next to catch basins or install storm drain markers reminding ...