Drainage System Maintenance in Odesa

The municipal enterprise «City Roads» continuously maintains the stormwater drainage systems in proper condition.

Experts perform repairs and cleaning of storm collectors, catch basins, rain wells, and specialized hydraulic structures (drainage ditches, buffer ponds) from mud, leaves, trash, and reeds.

The cleaning of stormwater drainage systems in Odesa is carried out systematically throughout the city. During heavy rains, the crews of «City Roads» work additionally on the streets to clear catch basin grates from fallen leaves and debris carried by the rainwater, ensuring unobstructed drainage.

In the first nine months of this year, the enterprise's workers completed cleaning: ditches and channels - 15,369 linear meters, catch basins - 3,902, collectors - 4,997 linear meters, and also flushed sleeves - 21,479 linear meters.

Additionally, the workers mowed grass around the ditches and channels of hydraulic structures (10,060 linear meters) and cleaned 1,735.6 square meters of the buffer pond.

The cleaning of drainage systems is performed manually and with heavy machinery from «City Roads»: excavators with special attachments, graders, and high-pressure hydraulic units based on MAN trucks for flushing pipes, among other specialized equipment.

Moreover, specialists repair wells, replace sleeves in catch basins, and raise grates to road level as needed.

Since the beginning of 2024, the workers have installed and replaced 55 grates on catch basins and repaired 26 catch basins with new castings.

During operation, catch basin grates can settle, creating depressions in the roadway that may lead to accidents. Specialists from «City Roads» regularly address this issue.

As of this year, municipal workers have raised 91 settling catch basin grates to road level and installed 19 inspection wells to match the roadway. They also repaired 8 inspection wells with new castings and installed cover slabs on 3 inspection wells and 11 catch basins.

Additionally, since the beginning of this year, the workers have repaired 41 linear meters of collectors, conducted video inspections of 556 linear meters of collectors, and pumped out 1,039 cubic meters of rainwater from the roadway.