Water damage restoration — Mountlake Terrace, WA
The city drains to Hall Creek, Lake Ballinger and eventually Puget Sound, and it publishes a memo setting out the causes of flooding along Hall Creek and the options for reducing it, including downstream impacts and costs. Its stormwater plan is updated annually.
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The city's stormwater team also runs a 24/7 emergency response for flooding and spills, and inspects private and commercial drainage systems to keep the wider network flowing.
That last point matters for a homeowner. Much of the drainage on a residential property is private, and a blocked private line shows up as water in a garage or crawl space long before anyone thinks to look at the system that carries it away.
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- Who is responsible for the drainage on my property?
- Generally the owner, for anything on private land. The city maintains the public system.
- My basement floods most winters.
- That is a drainage pattern rather than a plumbing failure. The drying still needs doing, but it will recur until the water is dealt with where it arrives.