The new year will usher in a new era for New Orleans' drainage system, with the City Council on Monday approving an agreement to transfer control of more than 72,000 catch basins and small drain ...

According to S&WB Executive Director Ghassan Korban, it will cost somewhere between $25 million and $40 million to ensure catch basins are maintained on a rotating five-year schedule, which is ...

This project will reconstruct Hurricane Sandy-damaged drain inlets, catch basins and lines, timber barrier rail fencing, vehicular barrier gates (and concrete island) and electrical utility boxes at ...

That's where your stormwater catch basins are." With the storms now having passed ... "We have a plan in place to work on getting inlets open and things like that. If we have to stay on from 7:00 a.m.