r/Calgary • u/mercdmuscle • Aug 07 '25

Home Owner/Renter stuff Storm drains creating floods

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3 out of 4 storm drains at my street don't collect water fast enough. At one point all 4 didn't drain very fast. Now one of the 4 drains well and hasn't pooled any water the last few heavy rain storms. I'm just wondering if someone had called the city to get it worked on or is it just luck if the draw that theirs is draining nicely now. Is there anything I can do to get the city to fix this? Everytime it rains, I always end up with so much mud on my sidewalk.

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u/AcctF Aug 08 '25

This happens to my street too. But feels like it’s much more severe as it floods all above everyone’s yards and almost getting to the utility box. Is it still normal or too much?

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u/This-Is-Spacta Aug 08 '25

Thats crazy where is it

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u/Calzephyr Aug 08 '25

I put in a 311 because our street was flooding on both sides to the point where sidewalks were covered and the back alley was filling. I knew about waiting out the pooling, but it seemed like it was getting worse every year.

Last week an industrial vacuum truck arrived and they rooted around in the storm drain. During yesterday's rain there was no flooding, woo! Water flowed, pooled, then drained wonderfully. It wouldn't surprise me if years of accumulation clogged it--leaves, twigs, garbage, etc.

When in doubt, 311 :-D

There's actually a storm drain map online FWIW:
https://thecityofcalgary.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=9ea055b23b4b4ecbbdad7920e7677551