Three Things To Demystify Blocked Drains
Construction of roads and buildings often involves removing vegetation, soil, and depressions from the land surface. In contrast, urban areas, where much of the land surface is covered by roads and buildings, have less capacity to store rainfall and snowmelt. Buildings and bridges have been elevated, protected with floodwalls and levees, or designed to withstand temporary inundation. Samwoh is also accused of obstructing the flow of the storm water drainage system by erecting scaffolds to construct the new drain. In…