INSTAGRAM FOLLOWING OF MORE THAN 70,000 IS HOPING HE CAN CONNECT CITY DEPARTMENTS AND NEIGHBORS ON FRANKFORT STREET THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA. WDSU TRAFFIC ANCHOR DEJA BROWN HAS MORE ON HOW HIS STORY CAUGHT THE EAR OF THE SEWAGE AND WATER BOARD, AND HOW THE DEPARTMENT IS RESPONDING. JOSHUA STARKMAN UH.HUH. WHAT KIND OF DAY ARE YOU HAVING A GREAT DAY. HAVE A GREAT DAY. IF YOU’RE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND YOU LIVE IN NEW ORLEANS, YOU PROBABLY KNOW JOSHUA STARKMAN FROM HIS CONSISTENT CATCHPHRASE, HAVE A GREAT DAY OR THAT BIG GRIN THAT’S HARD TO MISS. BUT WHAT HE, THE MUSICIAN, USES HIS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM TO CONNECT LOCAL ARTISTS TO HIS INSTAGRAM AUDIENCE OF MORE THAN 70,000. NOW HE’S HOPING HE CAN CONNECT CITY DEPARTMENTS AND NEIGHBORS ON FRANKFORT STREET. AFTER POSTING THIS VIDEO TO SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU CAN SEE DUCKS SPLASHING AROUND IN THE POOLING WATER, WHICH NEIGHBORS SAY IS A RESULT OF A MAJOR LEAK THAT HASN’T BEEN FIXED. I’VE SEEN ALL KINDS OF ANIMALS OUT HERE. IT’S TURNING INTO A BURGEONING ECOSYSTEM. WE GOT DUCKS, WE GOT FROGS AND TADPOLES. I EVEN THINK I SAW A NUTRIA. BUT WHAT HE HASN’T SEEN IS A KREWE COME OUT TO FIX THE STREET THAT’S IN DISREPAIR. AND THE LEAK NOW IT’S A SMALL POND. SEWAGE AND WATER BOARD COMMENTS. AND THEY SAID, WHERE’S THE LOCATION? AND I SAID, IT’S FRANKFORT POND. OF COURSE, EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT THAT. THROUGH AN EXCHANGE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, STARKMAN SAYS IT SEEMS SEWAGE AND WATER BOARD WAS ALREADY AWARE OF THE GROWING POPULARITY OF THE POND. THEY SAID THERE WAS AN ORDER PUT IN PLACE BACK IN OCTOBER THAT WAS BASICALLY IGNORED AND HERE WE ARE. HE’S HOPING SINCE SEWAGE AND WATER BOARD ACKNOWLEDGES THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, THEY’LL FINALLY FIX IT. OR THIS GROWING ECOSYSTEM OF DUCKS, TADPOLES AND WHO KNOWS, WILL CONTINUE TO GROW. IF WE’RE GOING TO HAVE DUCKS, I JUST WANT TO PUT UP A LITTLE PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT. DON’T FEED THE DUCKS BREAD OR JUNK FOOD. FOODS LIKE BREAD AND CRACKERS HAVE NO NUTRITIONAL VALUE TO DUCKS AND CAN CAUSE MALNUTRITION AND PAINFUL DEFORMITIES IF CONSUMED TOO MUCH. SO IF YOU’RE GOING TO COME HERE TO FRANKFORT POND, PLEASE. IT’S NOT LIKE MARSHMALLOWS WITH ALLIGATORS. DON’T DO THAT EITHER. THEY MIGHT SHOW UP, YOU KNOW. SO EITHER SEWAGE AND WATER BOARD FIXES FIXES THIS OR WE CAN REALLY START LOOKING OUT FOR THIS BURGEONING ECOSYSTEM RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY. ISN’T THAT LOVELY FOR WDSU TRAFFIC PATROL? I’M DEJA BROWN. WELL, SINCE OUR INTERVIEW WITH STARKMAN, THE SEWAGE AND WATER BOARD REPAIRED THE LEAK ON APRIL 11TH, THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT OPEN WORK ORDER FROM OCTOBER. THEY TELL US THE AVERAGE TIME OF REPAIRS IS ABOUT 15 TO 21 DAYS FOR WATER LEAKS. THEY DID ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS PARTICULAR REPAIR WAS WAY PAST TH