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9. What is the County procedure for cleaning a canal?

 
We clean County maintained canals for drainage purposes, not necessarily for aesthetics. If someone makes a request to evaluate and see if the drainage flow is impeded in any of the County canals, we will do so in a timely manner. Otherwise, the schedule for cleaning canals is twice a year. (Most of the County maintained canals are the smaller ones. There are canals dedicated to the public but not accepted by the County. Many others, including all of the larger ones, are maintained by the South Florida Water Management District, the Lake Worth Drainage District, the South Indian River Water Control District, the Northern Palm Beach County Improvement District, and other drainage and improvement districts.)