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 ...

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 ...

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.

Worcester’s thousands of catch basins, which collect rainwater every time a storm hits, are getting a makeover from some of ...

The New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board and City Hall are on the cusp of something they’ve long said is necessary but repeatedly failed to do: hand over 72,000 catch basins to the S&WB for ...

"Catch basins are essential parts of the city’s drainage infrastructure, allowing rain to drain from streets and be conveyed to the city’s sewer system," according to Jimmy Zammar, Director of ...

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 S&WB never had any legal responsibility for cleaning or maintaining catch basins or local drain lines. They were installed as part of the street and were the property of the city.

Here is how you can check to see if your neighborhood pumping station is in service ahead of the severe weather Wednesday.

What Are Drainage Grates? Drainage grates are metal or composite covers for storm drains, trench drains, or catch basins. Their sole purpose is to let water flow through into sub-surface drainage ...