The City is committed to enhancing its stormwater system to better manage flooding events, such as those caused by Hurricanes Ian and Milton. Both large and small-scale improvement projects that we will be completing in our residential neighborhoods so stay tuned.

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March 18, 2025

The Public Works Department recently televised the stormwater pipes on Kenilworth Avenue. They found several sections of pipe where mud had settled in following Hurricane Milton.

March 14, 2025

We have installed rain catchers in all of the sewer manholes on Jacobs Road which will prevent stormwater from leaching into the sewer system via the pick-holes in the manhole lids and causing the system to prematurely overflow. 

March 11, 2025

The City has begun cleaning the Stevens Canal which will help stormwater get to our Reed Canal Stormwater Control Facility quicker. We urge our residents not to throw vegetation and debris from their back yard into this canal as it causes obstructions. Bring the debris to the front yard by the curb for our garbage hauler to take it away.

March 7, 2025

The City has replaced the lift station inside the Big Tree Village subdivision with a new and larger one that is capable of pumping more effluent during any severe rain events.

March 4, 2025

The City has installed a weather station atop City Hall that measures atmospheric conditions which will be used to document our stormwater system’s performance compared to measured rain events.

February 28, 2025 

City staff worked to clean the drainage canal adjacent to Riverfront Veterans Memorial Park, which will help S. Palmetto Avenue drain quicker during heavy rainstorms.  

February 25, 2025

Our new street sweeper, Dragon Brooms, has been mobilized every week to keep the streets clean from debris so it doesn’t end up in our storm drains. 

February 21, 2025

The City has chosen a more advanced type of backflow preventor to help better prevent water from backing up into subdivisions. These new backflow preventors will be utilized throughout the City. The first one is going to be installed at the outflow pipe coming from the Orchards, Phase II which will prevent the water from the Reed Canal Park pond from backing up into the subdivision.

February 18, 2025

The City has cleared undergrowth from the easement behind Pope Avenue to improve stormwater conveyance in that area. 

February 12, 2025

Public Works Department is continuing to replace stormwater piping on Oriole Lane to increase the flow of stormwater to the Stevens Canal.