In the analogy, water flows from streets to smaller lateral lines via catch basins. Those smaller drainage lines are like roads that lead to larger drainage lines (highways), which bring water to ...

A yard drain is another term for a catch basin or collection basin. These concrete or plastic basins channel water from your yard into a larger drainage system underground.

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 ...

Clogged catch basins aren't a new issue for the city of New Orleans; several were clogged on St Phillip Street on Monday. The city's Department of Public Works used to be in charge of cleaning ...

Starting Jan. 1, 2025, New Orleans’ Sewerage and Water Board will officially take over catch basin maintenance, with hopes to improve drainage and address chronic flooding issues.

The catch basin program is part of a larger effort to address issues at the Sewerage and Water Board after the August flood. Skip to content NOWCAST WDSU News at 10pm ...

Maintaining the city’s 75,000 catch basins and 1.5 million linear feet of connecting drainage pipes will not come cheap. City officials estimate the annual cost at approximately $10 million ...

When the C&E tax expired after 50 years in 1992, there was no legal way for the S&WB to continue any work on catch basins or the subsurface drainage system. LAWRENCE FEDERICO retired as budget ...

It is normal for a drain, catch basins that haven't been cleaned in over a decade.” At that point, CES had just bid on the city’s emergency catch basin cleaning contract worth $7 million.

Earlier this year flood water on Esplanade Avenue came close to the restaurant's front door. ... ARPA-funded efforts have cleaned approximately 550 linear feet of drain lines, 4,600 catch basins, ...

In preparation for this week’s forecasted rain, the city of Hutchinson is asking residents to adopt a catch basin. While water usually finds its way to a catch basin, sometimes it may need help.