A long-standing problem An often-overlooked part of the drainage system, catch basins and the small pipes that lead away from them are critically important.

NEW ORLEANS — Update: One day after being exposed by WWL Louisiana, catch basins on I-10 near the Orleans/Jefferson Parish line were cleaned and cleared of massive clogs.

The smells are a natural byproduct of a sewer system and catch basins are the primary source of the problem.

The city just wrapped up its emergency catch basin cleaning contract, a four-month operation that was part of the city's response to the August floods.

Those problems included botched billing, clogged catch basins and insufficient maintenance of canals, inadequate power systems, and obsolete equipment.

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 ...

The responsibility for the city’s 72,000 catch basins currently falls on the New Orleans Public Works department.

As the weather in Fond du Lac shifts from snow to rain, snow and ice-covered storm water catch basins are a flooding risk for local streets.

Is it outrageous in a poor city with chronic flooding problems that a citizen would remove leaves from a catch basin near his or her home if able to? From childhood, my family regularly cleared ...

If New Orleans city officials were serious about keeping our catch basins clear, the first move they'd make would be to pass an ordinance that forbids the Mardi Gras krewes from throwing plastic ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - New Orleans’ Department of Public Works said Wednesday (March 21) its contractor has cleaned 503 catch basins in the last month, but there’s more than 6,500 to go. The ...

A Sewerage & Water Board official commented that there are more than 70,000 catch basins to be cleaned. I’m assuming that the 80-year-old is infirm with health problems that would limit his ...