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 ...

A vandal — or a group of people — has been lifting heavy, iron storm sewer grates and tossing them into catch basins, creating dangerous hole for people who are walking, biking or driving. When it ...

WEBVTT THE DEPARTMENT WILL HIRE OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS TO CLEAN THEM OUT. TALK TO RESIDENTS IN NEW ORLEANS, THEY WILL TELL YOU DRAINAGE IS A TOP PRIORITY. >> WE NEED TO STOP THE CITY FROM DROWNING. AS ...

The latest round of New Orleans street flooding Saturday night resulted from a familiar combination of overwhelming rainfall and failure of the Sewerage & Water Board’s archaic system of supplying ...