League City Drainage and Irrigation (409-572-0824) announces an update to its landscaping and yard-drainage capabilities across Galveston County, with techniques such as ground leveling and retaining ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEW ORLEANS – The city says that two-person crews are working overtime to clean catch basins and drainage lines. The Department of Public Works has two-person crews operating in three vacuum trucks to ...

This article is brought to you by the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans. At the start of 2025, the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (SWBNO) officially became responsible for the city’s ...

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 ...

In hopes of injecting a little fun into the mucky but vital job of maintaining catch basins, the City of Vancouver launched a contest encouraging residents to "adopt" a catch basin. Now the public has ...

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 ...

After Monday's heavy rain, some streets across the metro area were covered in stagnant water. According to the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans, falling leaves from the live oaks add another ...

If New Orleans city officials were serious about keeping our catch basins clear, the first move they'd make would be to pass an ordinance that forbids the Mardi Gras krewes from throwing plastic beads ...

Oh Drainman, is there anything you can't do? The CBC Morning Edition's Eric Anderson got a few responses like that Wednesday morning after he grabbed a spade and took requests from the public to clear ...