Who is responsible for storm drain maintenance?
The Village of Key Biscayne minimizes flood damage by improving and maintaining a storm drainage system completed in 1996. This system consists of catch basins connected to state-of-the-art deep injection wells. The Village Public Works Department cleans all catch basins at least twice a year to insure efficient operation. These Village efforts require your cooperation and assistance. Here’s how you can help: • Debris in drainage ditches, storm sewer inlet basins and pipes can cause localized flooding during rainfall events. Even grass clippings and branches can accumulate and plug channels. A plugged channel cannot carry water and, when it rains, the water has to go somewhere. • Dumping or throwing anything into ditches, water channels, inlets and catch basins is a Village Ordinance violation. • If your property is next to a ditch or a channel, please do your part and keep the banks clear of brush and debris. Village code requires all owners or occupants of property to remove obstruct
