The
Drainage division was formed to meet the growing need for protection
from flooding caused by rain and storms such as Tropical Depressions
and Hurricanes.
Drainage services provided include:
Maintain forced drainage pumps.
Clean canals in the forced drainage areas.
Clean roadside and lateral ditches.
Clean culverts and catch basins.
Cut grass on levees and lateral ditches.
Operate bayou black flood control structure.
Maintain aids to navigation (beacon lights on Lake Decade).
Give sizes for culverts.
Install culverts in ditches.
How to reach drainage in case of drainage
problems or
to get culvert information
Gravity Drainage Division To report a problem or to request a work order about culvert permits, general cleaning of roadside ditches, and culverts contact
Forced Drainage Division To report a problem about pump stations, canals, levees, and outfall ditches or to request a work order contact:
Althea Parks - Clerk IV
Phone # (985) 873-6718
Fax # (985) 873-6732
Email: cledet@tpcg.org
Snail Mail: P.O. Box 2768
Houma, LA 70360-2768
Force Drainage Pumps
FORCED DRAINAGE PUMPS:
drainage division operates 61 forced drainage systems throughout the
parish. At present we are installing a telemetry scada system on
these stations, which has the capability of monitoring the status of
the stations from a central location to assure proper operation of
the pumps. The first phase is complete with 39% of the pumps online
at present.
Ditches and Canals
DITCHES AND CANALS: The
drainage division also cleans and maintains the roadside ditches,
culverts, and catch basins on all parish streets. Drainage also
cleans canals and laterals within the force drainage systems, in the
parish. This includes cutting of levees and laterals, dredging pump
canals, removal of vegetation from canals.
Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government
Gravity Drainage
P. O. Box 2768
Houma, LA 70361-2768
There is no charge for the permit. A technician then goes out to determine proper culvert size and catch basin locations. You are then contacted with this information.
Resident then purchases their culverts and calls back to the drainage division to make a work order to have the culverts installed. (drainage will install culverts up to 36" concrete pipe and 48" corrugated metal pipe all other sizes will be installed by resident).
Then the drainage division will have the culverts installed and replace any fill material, which was removed from the ditch to set the pipe (it is the residents responsibility to provide any fill material and to build catch basins to complete the installation). Catch Basin Specifications
CULVERT INSTALLATION PROCEDURE:
