Curious if your catch basin has been cleaned? There’s a map for that. On Tuesday (Jan. 15), New Orleans officials announced the city has a new map on its website that tracks inspected catch basins and ...
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 ...
Broken pumps and power issues caused part of New Orleans to flood last August, but the city also said catch basins played a part. That spurred a huge clean up program, even pushing residents to adopt ...
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 ...
LAKEWOOD, Ohio -- Public Works Director Chris Gordon said the city annually cleans and inspects roughly 2,000 catch basins. “A catch basin is along the curb on the street that accumulates rainwater ...
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.
>> BOTTOM LINE, WHAT WE ARE LEARNING FROM THE REPORT IS THAT THERE IS STILL AN AWFUL LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE WHEN IT COMES TO CATCH BASINS. THE IG REPORT RELEASED THIS MORNING FOCUSES ON THE EMERGENCY ...
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - New Orleans is ramping up efforts to clean more than 7,000 catch basins across the city. In the last two months, contractors have reportedly cleared 1,500 catch basins, an ...
(CBS DETROIT)-A commitment by the city to help prevent flooding on residential streets in Detroit being fulfilled today, while marking a milestone on Margareta street on the city's westside. "Today ...
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A task force created by Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry met for the first time Thursday evening to explore Sewerage and Water Board’s issues and potential solutions. “Our job is to ...
COLUMBIA — The Connecticut Department of Transportation announced a catch basin cleaning will be performed on Route 6. Staxx Construction will begin catch basin cleaning on Route 6 in Coventry, ...