According to the city's Department of Public Works, as of July crews have cleaned 5,055 catch basins and flushed more than 7,000 linear feet of drain lines.

The Department of Public Works oversees maintenance of approximately 8.4 million linear feet of drainage pipe, more than 85,000 catch basins and 48,000 manholes.

Hernandez says he diligently cleans his catch basin and occasionally cleans the one across the street. We also spoke to Hernandez on April 10, when the city was flooding due to a heavy rain event.

The exact annual cost of maintaining catch basins is, still, unknown to officials like Cantrell and Ghassan Korban, Executive Director of the Sewerage and Water Board. But estimates put the cost ...

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.

As Fond du Lac's forecast shifts from snow to rain, here's how to help prevent street flooding. While city crews are out clearing catch basins, they are only able to clear a fraction of them, and ...

LEHI, Utah (KUTV) — A Lehi family is facing property damage due to recent flash floods, and they believe a poorly maintained catch basin above their home is to blame. This is just one of several ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Garret Mosley, 61, of New Brighton, took home the top prize at the recent city Department of Environmental Protection’s Bureau of Water and Sewer Operations fourth annual ...