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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

The city's Public Works department is beginning an effort to clean and repair about 15,000 catch basins, about one-quarter of the citywide total. City officials announced the plan last week, as well ...

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 ...