Are you aware that there is a difference between storm drains and sewers? Sewers carry sewage "black water" that comes from toilets and other household drains. It is sent, via underground pipes, to treatment plants. Typically, you do not see these pipes or openings.
Storm drains lead to a separate pipe system. Openings are visible from the street. They are designed to route rain runoff into large pipes that lead directly to major ditches, ponds, creeks, and lakes. There is no treatment or filtering of this water before it reaches them.
IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING BUT UNTAINTED RAINWATER FLOWS FROM YOUR YARD INTO STORM DRAINS. Lawn clippings, leaves, and other debris often clump, contributing to flooding in your neighborhood and that is only the beginning!
If you have used chemicals on your lawn or garden, they may contaminate the water that runs off from rains or your sprinkler system. Even non-treated lawn clippings do harm. When they decompose, they release carbon and nitrogen that feeds undesirable algae, which, in turn, uses up oxygen in the water, contributing to fish kills.
Perhaps you only occasionally allow grass clippings, leaves, and other plants to wash down the drains. Think about if your neighbors also do this, the neighborhood down the street and the development down the block?
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