​​​​​​Street Sweeping and Stormwater Management

The City uses street sweepers to clear leaves and debris from roads during spring, summer and fall, helping to keep streets clean and prevent debris from entering storm sewers and the environment. Street sweepers are vehicles equipped with water jets to minimize dust, while the rotating brushes sweep dirt into the path of a vacuum nozzle or into a storage container on the truck. Street sweeping keeps the City’s roads clean, improves road safety while driving, helps extend the life of the stormwater drainage system, and prevents pollution from entering local rivers and creeks. ​

Removing Pollutants from Brampton Streets

​Each year the City’s street sweeping program removes approximately 2,900 tonnes of debris, sand, and salt that would otherwise end up in the City’s stormwater drainage system. This amount of debris could fill the cargo bed of around 3,200 large pickup trucks! ​