Emergency Flood Abatement

The department is assigned, throughout the state, with the statutory responsibilities of:

• Flood abatement and provision of flood relief at distress times
• All year-round cleaning and maintenance of secondary collector drains; and tertiary drains where necessary.
• Respond to correspondence/complaints from the public on flood matters.
• Re-construction and Rehabilitation of collapsed drains and other hydraulic structures which are encountered in the course of our activities.
• Also, we are involved in the construction of drains and related hydraulic structures.