NEIGHBORS TO SEE IF IT’S MAKING A DIFFERENCE. IF YOU LIVE IN A CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS THE CITY ON ANY GIVEN DAY, YOU MIGHT WALK OUT OF YOUR HOME AND SMELL WHAT SMELL YOU SMELL. IT’S AN ONGOING ...

The failure of a key Sewerage & Water Board turbine and other equipment worsened street flooding on Feb. 3 in Hollygrove and Uptown neighborhoods, and the sheer volume of rain over a four-hour period ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - As another two days of rain is expected, possible flooding concerns creep to the top of the mind for many people living in New Orleans. In July, the city’s Department of Public ...

The city officially launched its “Adopt-A-Catch Basin” pilot program in Greenpoint on Tuesday, hoping to deputize locals as volunteer storm drain supervisors. Greenpointers who sign up for the program ...

Covington Public Works Crews are out in full force clearing out the city's 5,000 catch basins. The storm drains are meant to ease flooding, but can slow down the process when they become clogged with ...

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 ...

NEW FROM WDSU INVESTIGATES ONLY 500 CATCH BASINS HAVE BEEN CLEANED OUT IN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS THIS YEAR. THERE ARE MORE THAN 70,000 ACROSS NEW ORLEANS. IT COMES DESPITE $10 MILLION EARMARKED BY ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Weeks after it went offline, the Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans (SWBNO) says it still doesn’t know why its Turbine 4 isn’t working. At the same time, the city is trying to ...

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 officially launched its “Adopt-A-Catch Basin” pilot program in Greenpoint on Tuesday, hoping to deputize locals as volunteer storm drain supervisors. Greenpointers who sign up for the program ...