The Stormwater section maintains any structure or feature that carries stormwater from where rain reaches the ground to a specific body of water, including street gutters, curb inlets, pipes/culverts, detention ponds, ditches, streams, rivers and lakes.

Stormwater System Details

Kinston's current stormwater system includes the following:

• 36 miles of vegetative waterways
• 16 miles of roadside structures
• 2,000 curb inlet/catch basins
• 63 miles of pipe
• 100 miles of City-maintained gutters
• 30 miles of NCDOT-maintained gutters
• 7 City-maintained detention ponds (BMPs')