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 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 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 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 ...
NEW ORLEANS — As hurricane season descends upon New Orleans, a familiar anxiety resurfaces for residents: the reliability of the city's drainage systems. While community spirit often sees neighbors ...
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 ...
Ride-along with the Boston Water and Sewer Commission workers who keep a forgotten but critical piece of infrastructure in ...