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 AllStormDrainsInc.com 12 Effective Tips to Prevent Drainage Blockage Drainage system maintenance is necessary to prevent blocked or dammed channels causing over bank flooding, unexpected erosion, and sedimentation. Poor drainage maintenance may result in a negative impact on your business which can cost you expensive repair on damages, environmental penalties, or worse property loss. You can avoid these hassles by performing regular drain survey and implement the following preventive tips to eliminate drain blockages: Do not flush napkins, toilet paper, or any non-biodegradable materials to your toilet drains. Install mesh screens over your drains to filter hair strands and other solid wastes. Install a water softener to prevent mineral buildup. Use a fat trap to dispose of waste oils and fats. Do not try to dispose of unused medicines through water drains, these can harm groundwater and be toxic to the environment. Do not treat your drains like a trash bin, dispose of your rubbish

Drainage System Maintenance Tips Attempting to fix your drainage system is the last thing you want to be doing in the middle of a downpour. A single puddle that refuses to drain can cause permanent damage to your landscape or garden. In order to prevent this, you need to properly maintain your garden drainage system. Maintaining your  drainage system  in addition to your garden may seem daunting, so here are some drainage system maintenance tips to make the process a little bit easier. Unclog Your Drains Regularly If puddles are starting to form in spots where they didn’t occur previously, your drains may need to be cleaned. After a period of time without maintenance, it’s common for drainage systems to get clogged up with leaves, grass, and other debris. If clogged drains are the reason for the puddles in your garden, here are some things you should do. First, make sure you wear safety equipment if you don't commission All Storm Drains Inc. to professionally address your storm d

  What Are Storm Water Drainage Best Practices? Best management practices are physical, structural, and managerial practices that prevent or reduce the contamination of a drain. The proper design and siting of a storm water drainage well minimizes the likelihood of accidental or routine contamination resulting from either poor operational practices or misuse.  There are five general categories for storm water drainage well best practices that can be implemented alone or in combination.  The five general categories relate to:  Siting  Design Operation & Maintenance Education & Outreach Proper Closure (plugging and abandonment)  The appropriateness and effectiveness of best management practices vary according to the type, design, setting, and operation of the well. Consult  All Storm Drains Inc.  for more information. Why Does The EPA Regulate Storm Water Drainage Wells? The Safe Drinking Water Act requires that EPA protect USDWs from injection activities. EPA has set minimum st

  Drainage System Maintenance As a consequence of its function, the storm water conveyance system collects and transports urban runoff that may contain certain pollutants. Maintaining  Catch Basins , storm water inlets , and other storm water conveyance structures on a regular basis will remove pollutants, prevent clogging of the downstream conveyance system, restore  Catch Basins ’ sediment trapping capacity, and ensure the system functions properly hydraulically to avoid flooding .  Suggested Protocols For Catch Basins/Inlet Structures Regularly Inspect Facilities To Ensure The Following:    Immediate repair of any deterioration threatening structural integrity.   Cleaning before the sump is 40% full. Catch Basins should be cleaned as frequently as needed to meet this standard.  Stenciling of  Catch Basins  and inlets (see SC-75 Waste Handling and Disposal).  Clean  Catch Basins , storm drain inlets, and other conveyance structures in high pollutant load areas just before the wet

All Storm Drains Inc. Cesspool & Septic Services A  cesspool system   or  cesspools  are underground leaching structures that were built and used for centuries now. A  cesspool  used to be the main component in the removal of waste water (also known as black water. When  cesspools   are used as the main drainage component solids and sludge dump directly into the sand at the bottom of the cesspool system.  Scum floats to the top forming a layer of solid floating material which can make the cesspool clogged. Otherwise bringing the  cesspool  fail and backup. A lot of systems have two   cesspools . The second cesspool is an  overflow cesspool  that is in place to leach water into the sand while the main  cesspool  handles the solid material. Sometimes older homes have only one  cesspool .  Suffolk county   mostly have a few systems like this. Suffolk cesspool systems run the gambit in regards to the types and variety of drainage systems in use. Although laws ch

All Storm Drains Inc.  Vactor Truck Service Professional Services Vacuum Truck Service When you need to move bulk  wastewater, septic, grease,  or contaminated solids. Look no further. All Storm Drains is prepared with the right equipment and trained technicians to handle large projects and bulk material. As well as smaller residential needs. Drywell Cleaning Service Drywells function similarly to cesspools. Servicing is very different, using a high tech  Vacuum truck to restore drainage is always the best way to service these systems. Cleaning this way can extend service intervals beyond any other method. Quality counts! Catch Basin Cleaning Keeping catch basins clean is pertinent to rain water drainage systems. I often say these are the most neglected infrastructure out of all utilities. You should have your system maintained, before you have a huge problem. Heavy Rain can destroy property! Sewer Main & Drain Service Pipes clog a

All Storm Drains Inc. AllStormDrains.com Catch Basins  often referred to as Storm Drains, essentially catch rainwater, dirt, and floatable debris. Floatable Debris can be organic and inorganic materials. Examples of organic material leaves, sticks, soil, and grass. Examples of inorganic material are things like plastic bottles, coffee cup lids, Styrofoam or extruded polystyrene foam, cigarettes, even car parts. There are metal hoods that cover the outflow pipes. This keeps most foreign material in the catch basin. Now some older catch basins dont have hoods on the pipes going to other drainage structures which allow floatables to escape the catch basin and infiltrate other structures such as dry wells, inverts, head walls, sewer systems.  Catch Basins  can flow directly to a sump, brook, creek, river, lake, bay, and sometimes right to the ocean. It is not uncommon to find used engine oil, antifreeze, and other common solvents and toxins inside of catch basins. I h