How to tell if its a storm drain

Foul and surface water, private drains and public sewers, land drains and soakaways, filter drains and any other ways of getting rid of water.
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apt
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Post: # 20745Post apt

Around our property we have 4 main drains of diameter 19", 3 Inspection Chambers (are these refered to as IC's?) and a rodding chamber.

I know one of the main drains is a sewer drain (by opening it up and smelling the coffee (don't know why I said it that way)), and I can tell what Inspection Chamber is linked to it.

However I want to know which one (if any) will be the storm drain. Any tell tell signs?
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seanandruby
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Post: # 20747Post seanandruby

you can pore dye down a rain gully and look which ic/ manhole it appears at.
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Post: # 20760Post lutonlagerlout

most foul drains have some tell tale toilet paper and detrius down there
rainwater drains normally look pretty clear ,but you must make sure
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Post: # 20772Post Dave_L

Take a look down them when it's raining, see what is running.

Agree with LLL's tip of bog roll..........sniff sniff :laugh:
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Post: # 20882Post Tony McC

Drain tracing dye is your friend. Add some to a known SW fitting such as a yard gully or rain-water pick-up beneath a downspout and see which IC it appears in.
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