The catch basin issue also illustrates a larger problem facing New Orleans' drainage system: while the S&WB is responsible for the pumps, the turbines that power them and the city's major canals ...

Catch basins represent the first point of entry for rain water to flow through underground drainage pipes and canals to large pumps the Sewerage & Water Board operates.

JAY — Selectpersons agreed Monday to have about 200 town-owned catch basins cleaned, the scales at the Transfer Station fixed and four sewer pump stations upgraded.