This New Year, Resolve to Clean Memphis Storm Water!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MEMPHIS, TN, January 23, 2026 – As you know, removing litter and yard waste that may otherwise enter the storm drain system prevents pollution from entering our receiving waterways and reduces flooding, improving neighborhoods and our City. We call this ‘adopting a storm drain’ and now the City of Memphis Storm Water Department has partnered with Clean Memphis to bring you a new way to adopt a storm drain. You can visit Clean Memphis Storm Water and use an interactive map to select and name a storm drain near you! Once your adoption request is approved, a staff member will go to your adopted drain(s) to label it with a personalized name marker. A password will be emailed for you to view your adopted drain(s) and quickly enter your cleaning data. You will also be able to see how all your actions add up. CleanMemphisStormWater.com shows how much trash has been removed and how many drains are adopted throughout the entire City.

General adoption requirements include the following:

Be safe! Keep debris away from your adopted storm drain. Pick up litter and yard waste before it enters the drain. Don’t forget to log your cleaning activity on Clean Memphis Storm Water!
Call Memphis Drain Maintenance at 901-357-1011 or call Memphis 3-1-1 to open a service request if your storm drain is damaged or clogged.
Call Memphis Storm Water at 901-636-4349 if you observe anyone improperly disposing of yard waste or other debris into the storm drain.

Adopt a storm drain and watch your email- we’d love to send you an adorable plush downstream friend duck for adopting a drain and also an otter plush for entering your first 3 cleaning activities!

PLEASE! BE PROUD OF YOUR CITY. HELP KEEP OUR WATERWAYS CLEAN AND BEAUTIFUL.

For more information, please visit our website at https://www.memphisstormwater.com/

Or contact the City’s Storm Water Department at 901-636-4349.