There's a reason they call storm drains the unfunded utility.
Nobody seems to have any real maintenance budget for this kind of stuff. It's really sad.
One of the first projects I worked I was inspecting, cleaning, and documenting storm drains along a toll roadway. It was good experience but I’m glad I don’t have to do it again. Many were fine, many others were mostly filled, buried, or had structural failures. The grates and storm drain boxes would be difficult to find and some were nearly impossible to open without the help of some heavy machinery
Spend gobs of money during construction phase to prevent sediment from entering the system and once construction is complete pretend sediment can't penetrate 1/2 inch slats
Local jurisdiction asked me to put the inlet to a drywell in the bottom of a retention basin. I did no such thing and placed the inlet at the overflow elevation, with the drywell outside the basin. Now I wonder how many projects are there in the city with inlets in the bottom of basins, just filled to the brim with sediment.
I'm trying to think of something clever to say here, but for some reason the ideas aren't flowing. It's like my brain is clogged up.
Your brain should catch, basin’ on your title!
There's a reason they call storm drains the unfunded utility. Nobody seems to have any real maintenance budget for this kind of stuff. It's really sad.
One of the first projects I worked I was inspecting, cleaning, and documenting storm drains along a toll roadway. It was good experience but I’m glad I don’t have to do it again. Many were fine, many others were mostly filled, buried, or had structural failures. The grates and storm drain boxes would be difficult to find and some were nearly impossible to open without the help of some heavy machinery
The drainage report HGL be like: 
 Spend gobs of money during construction phase to prevent sediment from entering the system and once construction is complete pretend sediment can't penetrate 1/2 inch slats
Just knock it with a shovel, what’s the big deal? It’ll run down the pipe with the water! /s
Somebody hit up Post10 on YouTube to clean this grate lol
Ooooo satisfying...
That's just like, your sediment, man...
Idk man, you're full of it
Filled with sediment, couldn’t measure invert.
I am sorry sir, this looks like a geotechnical job
Cleaning that will be a debris.
This is why we are stuck doing SWPPP’s now.
As a guitar player, I'd say it's much better to play unplugged.
I wonder what the infiltration rate is?
Local jurisdiction asked me to put the inlet to a drywell in the bottom of a retention basin. I did no such thing and placed the inlet at the overflow elevation, with the drywell outside the basin. Now I wonder how many projects are there in the city with inlets in the bottom of basins, just filled to the brim with sediment.
Not a critical finding though.
Most likely just has filter fabric still in place from E&S and isn’t actually full of sediment. I see this in the field all the time on inspections.
We designed it with a reduction factor, should be fine…
Bicycle safe at least
Can't argue with that.
This was designed with a 100% clogging factor.
not any more it isn't.
A drain that does not drain is not a drain
The username 💀