Rain wash this city

It's been raining almost everyday now for the past 2 weeks. Here in Alor Star, whenever it rains the drains are filled very quickly, but thanks to improved drainage system installed now, there's hardly any flood. Part of the road in front of our office used to be under a foot of water whenever it rains heavily, now it never happens. From the bridge near the police station one can see water being pumped out to the river. This city is indeed very low lying that it need pumps to drain out rain water. Drains here in many places are filthy for they are being used as a sewer by these hawkers, food stalls and eating shops - untreated water from the kitchen goes directly to the drains. In the dry season, the drains gets really smelly and unsightly, so the rains that came down really cleans the city of its filth. This city is said to be 250 years old and where is the sewerage system one might ask. Well there is none, houses and buildings uses the septic tank to treat their wastes, and then the water is discharged into drains and ends up eventually in the river. Sg.Raja runs right through the heart of this city, poor this river is now suffering from all the dirt it is being asked to carry.