WWLTV

What a Mess: City's catch basins clogged with debris and the struggle to clean them

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 ...
The Brooklyn Paper

City launches ‘Adopt-A-Catch-Basin’ pilot in Greenpoint, asking locals to help keep storm drains clear

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 ...
WDSU

$10 million allocated for catch basin clean-up in New Orleans has not been spent

AFFECTING YOU. BUT FIRST, WE’RE GOING TO BEGIN RIGHT NOW WITH A STORY FROM WDSU INVESTIGATES $10 MILLION. BASICALLY UNO. TOUCHED MONEY THAT COULD HAVE BEEN USED TO CLEAN STORM DRAINS AND CATCH BASINS.
The Advocate

Massive clean-up of New Orleans catch basins widespread, but some hard-hit areas still untouched

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 ...