Can catch basins be cleaned out right before a storm?
Their are miles of channels, washes and storm drains to maintain. Vacuum truck crews clean out clogged catch basins throughout the year as they are reported. Unfortunately there are just too many catch basins and not enough resources or crews to keep them all in proper functioning order. And although the city has a flood channel maintenance program, it simply can not keep up with daily illegal dumping of debris into the open channels.
