re: Why can't NOLA figure out how to handle heavy rain?

Figuring out the problem is not the issue. The billions it would take to correct the issue is another, current pumps are howold ? 80 + years. The decision was made to refurbish after the debacle a few years ago, when they could have been updated with new for less money. Figure that out.
Be,ow sea level require pumping. Lot more concrete then there was 50 years ago, increasing the need for greater capacity.
Tip of the iceberg for S&WB & NOLA, when you reallize the city is a time bomb with deteriorating gas lines. System installed in the 20’s & 30’s. Without the moist clay soil that entrails the pipes, there would/could be a “big one” !

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The billions it would take to correct the issue is another, current pumps are howold ? 80 + years

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Regular maintenance on them isn't being done, and hasn't been done for years. When they order replacement parts, they only order one (for things that need to be fabricated). Add in the fact that you have complete idiots and criminals running the agency and equipment, and you're gonna have problems.

I also remember that they hired contractors to clean the catch basins, then fired the company soon after they started?


I live in Metairie, and I can have the guys out here to clean the drains for my block within a week. Just have to call and ask

Put a bowl on the ground when it rains and let me know what happens

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Don’t quote me on exact numbers here and they may have changed in the last year.... but essentially in bar napkin math... the drains are supposed to get serviced 2x per year, roughly, for optimum results

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Assuming cleaning the catch basin works. They completely rebuilt the storm drains on our street but still every time it rains the street has several inches of water in it for hours after the storm. That's not a pump problem.

The contractor when working on the street cut open the drain line and showed it was 100% full. The city refused to replace the line. Shockingly after the repair it still doesn't drain

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Assuming cleaning the catch basin works. They completely rebuilt the storm drains on our street but still every time it rains the street has several inches of water in it for hours after the storm. That's not a pump problem.

The contractor when working on the street cut open the drain line and showed it was 100% full. The city refused to replace the line. Shockingly after the repair it still doesn't drain

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Right but that may be related to the fact that 6 month upkeep is being done every couple of decades.

Pointing at both the neglect of the actual basin but the whole system too there.

Look at the elected officials and it won’t be such a mystery.

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I know they pulled like 5 tons of Mardi Gras beads out of them a few years ago, but did they keep up with cleaning them after that?

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They need to put something like this on the drains:

I've always wondered what NOLA and south LA in general does with its sewage. Is it pumped somewhere? Does the frequent flooding bring it into the streets, houses?