Items tagged: stormwater management

Are you interested in adopting a drain?  Visit champaignil.gov/adoptadrain to learn about this awesome program.  Use our interactive map to search for available drains near your home or work.  Click a drain and enter your email address to begin the sign-up process. Adopting a drain helps protect the environment, reduces potential neighborhood flooding, and manages […]

Volunteering in the community is a great way to meet new people and research suggests it can also boost your mood!  Lucky for you, the City of Champaign has a program where you can volunteer to Adopt A Drain.  Not only would you be preventing pollution in our waterways and clearing drain blocking debris, you […]

Happy Thanksgiving!  We are so thankful for our Adopt A Drain volunteers and the work they do to keep the City’s drains clear of debris.  If you haven’t signed up for the Adopt A Drain program yet, you still can.  Thousands of drains are available to adopt in our community! One such drain is named […]

The leaves that are green turn to brown and then they fall to the ground and collect near storm drains.  This storm drain named Simon is a highly regarded singer and songwriter, located at 2001 Parkdale Drive and looking for a volunteer to say “Hello” to the Adopt A Drain program.  Participants keep pollutants from […]

There’s no way to avoid it, wind and rain cause leaves, grass clippings, and debris to find their way in the storm grates around town.  The City’s Adopt A Drain Program allows the City to partner with volunteer residents to keep these drains clear.  This drain named Charlie is available for adoption and is located […]

A short nursery rhyme for today’s Adopt A Drain Friday: It’s true!  You can help keep storm drains clear by volunteering with the City’s Adopt A Drain program.  Jack and Jill at 606 West Hill Street are available along with 8,483 other drains in the City.  Visit  champaignil.gov/adoptadrain to see if there is a drain […]

The heavy rains over the last week have washed a lot of debris into our City’s storm drains, sometimes blocking water from draining.  Trace T. and his family helped solve this issue in their neighborhood by clearing their adopted drain TWICE!  You can adopt a drain or two in your Champaign neighborhood at champaignil.gov/adoptadrain.  Signing […]

Heavy summer showers and thunderstorms bring water to our roadways.  This water empties into storm drains, which moves it along to streams and rivers.  When the drains are covered with debris, it takes the water longer to drain.  You can adopt a drain, like this one named LaRusso, and keep it clear to help speed […]