Sarasota County, FL
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The Stormwater Field Services division oversees the maintenance of canals, lakes and drainage systems form a large part of the Stormwater Environmental Utility’s activities. The Utility maintains those canals where appropriate easements or rights of way exist.
Field Services and its contractors maintain:
- Nearly 772 miles of open drainage in roadside ditches and swales.
- Over 400 miles of closed drainage pipeline and 20,994 structures or inlets.
- Nearly 600 acres of 305 lakes and ponds.
- 47 movable weir gates and 52 stationary weirs
- 10 Stormwater pump stations.
- Canals, waterways and streams, mowing 194 miles of canal annually and clearing 206 miles by hand semi-annually.
- Canal cleaning is done on schedules ranging from annually to once every three years. Canal banks are mowed and periodic herbicide application keeps canals draining properly.
- Pipes are maintained by jetting high pressure water hoses through them and vacuuming the debris.
- All county-owned and operated retention ponds are mowed monthly by county contractors.
- The maintenance division conducts regular inspections of the county’s stormwater system, performs routine maintenance duties and responds to emergency maintenance requests.
- The maintenance staff also works closely with the Capital Improvements and Master Planning Divisions to ensure that the computerized modeling system is up-to-date and that the maintenance efforts undertaken are consistent with the overall goals for the drainage basin.
What is Sarasota County's Stormwater Utility Service Area?
How are maintenance requests handled?
What does the Stormwater Environmental Utility Base Charge include?
How do I know if my stormwater system is public or private?
What is the NPDES permit?
How do I know if I live in a Flood Zone?
