As you know, removing litter and yard waste that may otherwise enter the storm drain prevents pollution from entering our receiving waterways and reduces flooding: improving neighborhoods and our City. We call this ‘adopting a storm drain’ and now the City of Memphis Storm Water Department has partnered with Clean Memphis to bring you a new way to adopt a storm drain. You can visit CleanMemphisStormWater.com and use an interactive map to select and name a storm drain near you! Once your adoption request is approved, a staff member will go to your adopted drain(s) to label it with a personalized name marker. A password will be emailed for you to view your adopted drain(s) and quickly enter your cleaning data. You will also be able to see how all of your actions add up; CleanMemphisStormWater.com shows how much trash has been removed and how many drains are adopted throughout the entire City.

GENERAL ADOPTION REQUIREMENTS

Be safe! Keep debris away from your adopted storm drain. Pick up litter and yard waste before it enters the drain.

Don’t forget to log your activity on CleanMemphisStormWater.com! Call Memphis Drain Maintenance at 901-357-0100 or call Memphis 3-1-1 to open a service request if your storm drain is damaged or clogged.

Call Memphis Storm Water at 901-636-4349 if you observe anyone improperly disposing of yard waste or other debris into the storm drain.