All storm drains eventually drain into a water way. Paint and other hazardous materials and chemicals can pollute the local environment and poison wildlife.
The city can come out to determine who the responsible party is. Private drainage systems located from the curb to the house, are usually the homeowners responsibility. There are some public drainage systems in our community that will be the city's responsibility.
Simple food coloring dye can be dropped into a pipe opening. This should determine where the drain leads. The city can also perform smoke testing to determine if pipes are connected to the proper city infrastructure.
The city does not monitor local streams. Clackamas County and the Department of Environmental Quality are the agencies to contact for stream/river inquiries.
The most likely scenario is that a downstream pipe is blocked. Certain stormwater catch basins are designed with no outlet and only have an inlet. These catch basins fill up and are designed to convey rainwater down the curb gutter to the next catch basin.
This project will construct a new segment of SE 362nd Avenue north of Highway 26 approximately 1500 feet and construct a new segment of Bell Avenue from SE 362nd east to the existing Bell Avenue dead end approximately 3,200 feet in length. Improvements include new street construction including new curbs, concrete sidewalks and driveways, ADA ramps, retaining walls, arch culvert, storm drainage facilities, landscaping, street lighting, water and sanitary improvements, new signal and roadway widening at Highway 26.
The City of Sandy is saying farewell and happy trails to our long-time Public Works Director Mike Walker, who is heading off to a well-deserved retirement after 36+ years with the City!
The City’s existing wastewater treatment plant is near capacity, and the pipes that move sewage from homes and businesses to the treatment plant are aging. As pipes age and deteriorate, they can let in rainwater and groundwater, which adds to the wastewater in the system and overwhelms the treatment plant during storm events. When the plant has more incoming wastewater than capacity, it cannot function properly. This can lead to untreated wastewater entering Tickle Creek.
