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Reduce Street Flooding

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There are a number of things you can do to reduce the likelihood of localized flooding in your neighborhood. Here are the most important preventive measures:

Keep your storm drain grates clean.

Be careful not to cover storm drain grates with debris when you use leaf blowers or do other yard work. A pile of leaves left in the gutter can easily wash into storm drains during rains. Good housekeeping during dry weather does a lot to keep our stormwater drainage system running smoothly during rainy weather.

Help elderly or disabled neighbors.

If any of your neighbors are elderly or disabled, they may not be able to sweep their own storm drain grates. While you're cleaning your storm drain grate, why not give neighbors a helping hand?

Leave sewer maintenance hole covers in place, and report any uncovered maintenance holes that you see.

During heavy rains, people sometimes remove sewer maintenance hole (manhole) covers in the mistaken belief that this will help stormwater drain away faster. Wrong! An open sewer access presents a hazard for children and, during heavy rains, can cause sewage to back up onto your street. Remember that, when especially heavy rains fill storm drains to capacity, the drainage system is intentionally designed to overflow into streets

To report a stormwater drainage problem call (916) 875-RAIN or (916) 875-7246.

If you see an uncovered sewer maintenance hole call (916) 875-6730.