Used IBC totes in Miramar, Florida

What the sources say about Miramar

The city was incorporated on May 26, 1955, and the FBI's Miami field office moved there in December 2014 into a 330,000-square-foot facility on 20 acres.

More background on Miramar

ZIP codes and neighbors

33023, 33025, 33027, 33029. Nearest: Pembroke Pines (179,326), Hollywood (159,073), Davie (112,052).

What that means for totes

Our reading: with a large residential base, the likeliest requests are for garden and storm water. Small businesses in industrial pockets may have a few totes to move.

State what the tote will hold and where it will stand.

A city with an airline headquarters, a federal field office and a town center has pockets of offices as well as suburbs. Our reading: a facilities manager may ask about a few clean totes, while a household asks about a rain tote.

Before you buy in Miramar, check with your association about tank size and screening. Neighborhoods with strict architectural rules may want a tote hidden behind a wall or shed.

Our reading: a planned city with a federal field office and large residential neighborhoods will mostly send household questions, with a few business users near the commercial corridors. Households asking about a single tote should read their association rules first, then say what size roof drains to the spot. A pad, a screen and a secure lid matter more here than volume, because mosquitoes are the usual complaint with stored water.

A short note on lids and screens: a tote with an intact lid and a fine mesh over the inlet is the usual answer to standing-water complaints from neighbors and associations alike.

A single sentence about the roof helps with household questions: tile, shingle or metal, and how many downspouts, because those decide where a tote can sit.