Seems to me that Deadwood's real treasure is that it was a meteorological mystery.
shareAs the previous person answered, there are no sewers. All 'liquids' were typically just tossed into the thoroughfare.
And... I suspect Milch didn't feel the need to write-in rainstorms if it wasn't relevant to the story.
I understand that they had to hose-down the thoroughfare everyday... I suspect to convey just how nasty it used to be. I'd also suspect that too much dust might have its own set of problems for production. And... it's not Arizona.
Besides what other posters have said... I believe there is a rainstorm at the beginning of Leviathan Smiles, no? And also keep in mind that every episode only constitutes one day -- so it's not that odd at all that on 36 given days over the course of 2~ years there would be little or no rain in Deadwood.
shareNot to change the topic, but... can you imagine the smell? ... not just of livestock and raw sewage, but wood, coal, oil, bread... B.O. (most people bathed very infrequently... often, weeks would pass)(or should I say 'reeks'). Deodorants were decades away. And bathing was a major undertaking... hauling water... building a fire just to heat it... no drain, so ya had to haul it... yep... to the street to dump it. Maybe that's why the thoroughfare was so muddy. Or maybe not. Drinking was a cure for it all... feeling the need to bathe, and sensing the lack of bathing.
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