"On July 8, 2019, my son was 7 weeks old and I had just gotten him down for a nap. I put him in his pack and play and lay down next to him on the couch. Within 10 minutes of closing my eyes, I was awakened by loud buzzing in the back of our house. I stood up, into more than 3 inches of water, already above my ankles. In less than 10 more minutes, there would be almost 2 feet of water in our home, along with most of the other homes in our area. My infant son, sleeping next to me, would have drowned. Alternatively, because the level of water that comes from the culvert reaches the electrical outlets, we could have been electrocuted. But thankfully, my washer and dryer short circuited from the rising flood water and saved us from an unthinkable outcome.
 

I sincerely hope you take steps immediately, not just to clean the Hooff’s Run culvert, which we now know has never been cleaned, despite multiple reports with recommendations to do so, but take all measures to ensure that culvert capacity is fully addressed, so that no one else has to experience what was the most terrifying day of my life."

Alexandria Resident

There are close to 40 homes on my street. After each of the July and September 2020 rain events, you could count on one hand the number of homes that did not sustain damage from either a backed up sewer line or storm drains. Many sustained damage from both.

Alexandria Resident

My street was inundated; manholes blown with 2 feet of water spewing into the air. As a result, I had 2 feet of water in my garage (street overflow into my driveway) and 6 inches of water in my basement from the sewage backup.

North Ridge, Alexandria Resident