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 ...

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 ...

OF NICHOSLA HERE IN NEW ORLEANS MANY OF YOU SAY YOU’RE WORRIED ABOUT THE RAIN FROM THIS TROPICAL STORM, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THERE’S A LOT OF DEBRIS LEFT FROM IDA. SOME OF IT IS BLOCKING STORM. DRAINS ...

The Sewerage and Water Board and City Hall are on the cusp of something they’ve long agreed is necessary but have repeatedly failed to accomplish: the transfer of responsibility for New Orleans' ...

I HAVE REACHED OUT TO KNOW SEVERAL SEWERAGE AND WATER BOARD, AS WELL AS ENTERGY, AND THEY ALL TELL US THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY JUST CLOSELY MONITORING THE SYSTEM AHEAD OF WHAT’S TO COME IN MAKING THOSE ...