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FY 2024-25 APPROVED OPERATING BUDGET
Special Revenue Fund
Stormwater Drainage Utility (SDUS)
116-535-001

FOCUS AREA(S)
Infrastructure
Department Description
The Stormwater Drainage Utility (SDUS) Department excavates and regrades roadside ditches and outfalls, cleans
concrete pipe, inspects storm sewer structures, repair gutter line to reduce ponding of water, provide erosion control
and clean and remove brush and debris along bridge embankments.

Mission Statement
The City of Grapevine manages and monitors thee discharge of stormwater from the City’s storm system to surface and
ground waters. This program guides the storm drainage system operations of the City and is permitted by the State of
Texas. Under the State Permit, the City manages the following:

 MS4 Maintenance Activities
 Post-Construction Stormwater Control Measures
 Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination
 Pollution Prevention and Good Housekeeping for Municipal Operations
 Industrial & High-Risk Runoff
 Construction Site Stormwater Runoff
 Public Education and Outreach/Public Involvement and Participation
 Monitoring, Evaluating and Reporting

FY24 Department Accomplishments
 Crews worked on regrading and rebuilding of culverts and driveways on Forrest Hills, Ridge and Lakeridge
to help with flooding issues.
 Crew members worked on several downed trees in various creeks due to storms in May.
 The Department was part of the all hands debris clean up across the city due to the wind and rain storm in
the early summer.
 Crew members assisted off and on through the year on the Kimball Road Raising Project. Installed a large
arch pipe system in this location.
 Cleaned and inspected over 900 inlet structures and swept over 18,000 lane miles of roadway.

FY25 Department Goals and Objectives
 Crews will continue addressing ditches and culverts in need along all open ditch roadways in the City.
 The Department will be constructing a new drainage flume on Wintergreen where a new easement was
granted to the city.
 Crew members will be sweeping Streets and leaf collection trucks this fall and winter.
 The Department is going to work on a few issues addressing water seepage onto sidewalks by installing
French drains in these areas.
 Excavate, re-grade and re-sod 12,000 linear feet of roadside ditches and outfalls.
 Cleans, reset and replace 800 linear feet of reinforced concrete pipe.
 Inspect and clean 950 restricted underground storm sewer structures.
 Respond to citizen concerns in a timely manner, reducing the possibility of recurring flood situations.
 Repair damaged gutter lines reducing the amount of ponding water on curb and gutter streets.
 Perform required erosion control on above-ground drainage facilities.
 Clean and remove brush and debris along bridge embankments at road crossings, reducing the possibility of
damage to bridge structures.

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