Storm drain cleaning in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Fort Lauderdale operates a City MS4 under FDEP NPDES Phase II and has been actively upgrading tidal-valve and pump infrastructure across the east side — but on-site catch basins and lateral pipe runs are still the property owner's responsibility. East-of-Federal sites drain into the New River and tidal canals, so saltwater intrusion, sediment, and debris build up faster than inland sites.

Most modern detention and exfiltration systems carry an SFWMD ERP with a recurring O&M inspection requirement now governed by the updated Chapter 62-330 rules; qualified-inspector certification is acceptable for routine inspections in most cases.

Fort Lauderdale is our home water and it shows in the range of work: a Federal Highway retail center that was flooding customer entrances after every summer rain — CCTV traced it to a collapsed pipe under the parking lot that had been ponding for years. An Idlewyld canal-front residential where the seawall discharges were half-blocked with sediment and mangrove propagules. A Las Olas boutique hotel where the porte-cochere inlet backed up during a king tide and flooded the lobby; the fix was a duckbill valve retrofit on the outfall to the New River. A Sailboat Bend condo where the ICW-side outfalls needed low-tide CCTV plus a jetting mobilization to clear a legacy debris jam upstream.

The city's drainage is dominated by the Middle River, New River, and Intracoastal Waterway — tidal receiving waters with king-tide inundation now overtopping curbs on the barrier-island streets several times a year. Neighborhoods like Victoria Park, Colee Hammock, Rio Vista, Coral Ridge, and the Las Olas Isles have some of the oldest storm infrastructure in Broward, and it's fighting sea-level rise on top of routine sediment loading.

The City of Fort Lauderdale operates an MS4 under FDEP NPDES Phase II with active tidal-valve retrofits, elevated pumping stations, and neighborhood-scale drainage upgrades in progress under the city's stormwater master plan. Commercial owners along the barrier island and downtown carry documented cleaning and outfall-inspection expectations; SFWMD ERPs at post-1990s sites add recurring O&M inspection under Chapter 62-330. Every Fort Lauderdale cleaning we ship includes structure IDs, photos, debris volumes, and disposal manifests formatted for the City stormwater program and any engineer of record.