How does rain affect your world?

Discover tips about stormwater conservation and actions you can take.

How does storm water affect us?

Stormwater runoff is one of the most significant, yet unnoticed sources of water pollution.

Why is that so?

When it rains, stormwater runs over yards, streets, roads, highways, parking lots, parks, and playgrounds, carrying everything in its path, including debris and pollutants. This water eventually flows into stormdrains, which don't have any type of water treatment and end up in our streams, lakes, and rivers.

And then...

It is this very same water that we bathe in, drink, swim and also affect our habitat including animals, ground, and plant life.

How do we affect storm water?

Many stormwater contaminants are made up of common items used by most of us such as fertilizers, car oils and greases, yard clippings, soil, and pet wastes. There are simple and not costly changes that you can make in your daily life that can help to prevent stormwater pollution affect in your life and community.

Be In

The

Know

Below are some tips to help you conserve water and prevent stormwater pollution. Click on the links to learn more.

Your Car

The stormwater discharge from one square mile of roads and parking lots can yield approximately 20,000 gallons of residual oil per year.

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Your Pet

The typical dog excretes 3/4 of a pound of waste containing 7.82 billion fecal coliform bacteria each day!

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Your Lawn

Clean water is everybody's business.

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Your Waste

Cigarette butts, which can contain 165 toxic chemicals, are the most littered item in our waste stream. Worldwide, 4.3 trillion are littered annually!

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Your Runoff

Green Infrastructure systems help control stormwater by removing pollutants and reducing the amount of waste that ends up in local waterbodies.

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What you

Can

Do

Here are some actions you can take to help conserve water and prevent stormwater pollution. Click on the links to learn more.

Rain Barrels

One inch of rain falling on a 1,000 square-foot roof has the potential to harvest 600 gallons of water.

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