Drainage Services in New Orleans

Call a landscaping company that handles drainage when water stands on your own property, and call 311 for street flooding or a blocked catch basin. In New Orleans, the Sewerage and Water Board takes those reports through 311 and its online FloodTracker. Constantly soggy ground with a foul smell can point to a drainage problem or even hidden plumbing issues.

Shape the soil so the ground falls away from the house and toward the street or another outlet, with no dips where water can sit. LSU AgCenter advises evaluating the drainage pattern first, contouring the area during site preparation, then setting the final grade and lightly rolling it so the surface holds its shape.

Start by finding where the water collects and how long it stays after an ordinary rain. Then fix the cause: regrade beds and low spots that tilt toward the house, clear silted yard drains and downspout outlets, and loosen compacted soil. A spot that stays wet after every rain usually needs grading or a drainage system.

Aeration can help when the problem is compacted soil, because opening up the surface lets water soak in instead of running off or pooling. It will not fix a yard that is graded toward the house or a low spot with no outlet, so check the slope of the ground before relying on aeration alone.

Relieve compaction with core aeration, keep heavy traffic off wet ground, and avoid overwatering. When laying new sod, LSU AgCenter warns that sod grown on a different soil, such as clay sod on sandy ground, can affect water infiltration and drainage, so match the sod to the site.

Without a drainage fix, the quickest steps are to stop adding water and give what is there a path out. Turn off irrigation, point downspouts away from the soggy area, clear leaves from any nearby yard drain, and stay off the wet ground so it does not compact further while it dries.

Drainage goes in before the lawn surface is finished. LSU AgCenter's turf establishment guidance places in-ground drainage during site preparation, after the area is cleared and contoured and before the final grade is set and rolled. On an established lawn, the turf over the work area has to be disturbed and repaired afterward.

We provide drainage for homes and businesses across the greater New Orleans area, including Metairie, Kenner, Harahan, River Ridge, and Gretna, and on the Northshore in Covington, Mandeville, Madisonville, and Abita Springs. Call or request a free on-site estimate to confirm we cover your address before booking.