Enhancing Rainwater Drainage Systems in Odesa
The municipal enterprise «City Roads» continually performs maintenance work to keep rainwater drainage systems on the streets in proper condition.
Experts carry out repairs and clean storm collectors, stormwater grates, and specialized hydraulic structures such as buffer ponds from sludge, leaves, debris, and reeds.
The cleaning work for the rainwater drainage systems in Odesa is carried out according to a regular plan throughout the city. During heavy rains, emergency crews from the «City Roads» additionally work on the streets. The municipal workers clear the stormwater grates of fallen leaves and trash carried by the rainwater, ensuring free drainage of water from the city's streets.
In the past eleven months, the enterprise's employees have completed cleaning work: 16,887 meters of gutters and ditches, 4,374 stormwater inlets, 5,273 collectors, and 23,999 meters of washing hoses.
Additionally, the employees have mowed grass on the ditches and channels of hydraulic structures (10,465 meters) and cleaned 1,735.6 square meters of the buffer pond.
The cleaning of the rainwater drainage systems is done manually as well as with the help of heavy special equipment from the «City Roads»: excavators with special attachments, graders, high-pressure hydraulic units based on MAN trucks for washing through pipes, trucks, and other specialized vehicles.
The specialists of «City Roads» also perform repairs on wells, replace hoses in stormwater inlets, and raise grates to road level as needed, restoring inspection well covers.
Since the beginning of 2024, the workers have installed and replaced 58 grates on stormwater inlets and repaired 34 inlets with new castings.
During operation, stormwater well grates can settle, creating holes in the roadway, which can lead to accidents. The specialists of «City Roads» regularly rectify this situation.
Since the beginning of this year, the municipal workers have raised 96 settled stormwater inlet grates to road level and installed 20 inspection wells to the same level as the roadway. They also repaired 8 inspection wells with new castings and installed cover slabs on 4 inspection wells and 12 stormwater inlets.
Furthermore, since the start of this year, the workers have repaired 45 meters of collectors, conducted video inspections of 588 meters of collectors, and pumped out 1,081 cubic meters of rainwater from the roadway.
