Access to Clean Water is Important for Our Safety
Residential Stormwater Solutions
What you do makes a difference. You may be just one, but together we have great impact. As rain runs over your rooftop, your lawn, your driveway and your street as stormwater, it picks up pollutants along the way – the result of many single actions damaging our water supply. But if each of us become part of the solution, we can protect water for all.
Car Maintenance
Do this:
Maintain your vehicle and properly dispose of used oil.
Not that:
Let your oil enter the sewage system. One million gallons of fresh water and can be damaged by the used oil of a single oil change.
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Maintain your vehicle and properly dispose of used oil.
Not that:
Let your oil enter the sewage system. One million gallons of fresh water and can be damaged by the used oil of a single oil change.
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Car Washing
Do this:
Take your car to a commercial car wash that recycles water.
Not that:
Wash your car at home where soapy rinse water goes right into the nearest stream.
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Take your car to a commercial car wash that recycles water.
Not that:
Wash your car at home where soapy rinse water goes right into the nearest stream.
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Fats, Oils and Grease
Do this:
Carefully dispose of fats, oils and grease by throwing them away.
Not that:
Create clogged pipes by pouring fats, oils and grease cause down the drain.
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Carefully dispose of fats, oils and grease by throwing them away.
Not that:
Create clogged pipes by pouring fats, oils and grease cause down the drain.
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Household Chemicals
Do this:
Recycle and properly dispose of household cleaning products and chemicals.
Not that:
Pour cleaning agents down the drain or into drainage ditches.
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Recycle and properly dispose of household cleaning products and chemicals.
Not that:
Pour cleaning agents down the drain or into drainage ditches.
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Lawn & Yard Care
Do this:
Use native plants that require less maintenance and fewer chemicals.
Not that:
Use pesticides across broad areas.
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Use native plants that require less maintenance and fewer chemicals.
Not that:
Use pesticides across broad areas.
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Garbage Dumping
Do this:
Properly dispose of garbage and liquid waste, and report instances of illegal dumping to your local utility or watershed management office.
Not that:
Leave wastes where they can be washed into streams or storm drains.
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Properly dispose of garbage and liquid waste, and report instances of illegal dumping to your local utility or watershed management office.
Not that:
Leave wastes where they can be washed into streams or storm drains.
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Medicine Disposal
Do this:
Bring expired medicine to a designated drop-off location.
Not that:
Flush medicine down the toilet or dump in the sink.
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Bring expired medicine to a designated drop-off location.
Not that:
Flush medicine down the toilet or dump in the sink.
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Pet Waste
Do this:
Scoop your pet waste and throw it away.
Not that:
Leave pet waste on sidewalks or lawns.
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Scoop your pet waste and throw it away.
Not that:
Leave pet waste on sidewalks or lawns.
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Pool & Spa Maintenance
Do this:
Maintain your pool to reduce need to drain water.
Not that:
Drain your pool water to the street or storm drain.
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Maintain your pool to reduce need to drain water.
Not that:
Drain your pool water to the street or storm drain.
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Septic Systems
Do this:
Have your septic system inspected every three years.
Not that:
Flush anything other than human waste or toilet paper.
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Have your septic system inspected every three years.
Not that:
Flush anything other than human waste or toilet paper.
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Trash & Litter
Do this:
Organize or participate in a river clean-up.
Not that:
Leave litter on the ground to pollute the water and the outdoors.
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Organize or participate in a river clean-up.
Not that:
Leave litter on the ground to pollute the water and the outdoors.
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Wipe Disposal
Do this:
Dispose of hygiene and cleaning wipes in the trashcan.
Not that:
Flush wipes down the toilet.
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Dispose of hygiene and cleaning wipes in the trashcan.
Not that:
Flush wipes down the toilet.
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Business Stormwater Solutions
Clean water is good for your business. Find out how your company, office or site can protect water quality.
Construction & Remodeling
Do this:
Follow the approved erosion and sedimentation control plan and implement best management practices.
Not that:
Dump any solid or liquid waste materials onto the ground or pavement, down a stormwater drain, or into a drainage ditch or surface water.
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Follow the approved erosion and sedimentation control plan and implement best management practices.
Not that:
Dump any solid or liquid waste materials onto the ground or pavement, down a stormwater drain, or into a drainage ditch or surface water.
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Fueling Operations
Do this:
Remind drivers not to top off fuel tanks and ensure proper safeguards are in place.
Not that:
Leave fueling vehicles and equipment unattended.
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Remind drivers not to top off fuel tanks and ensure proper safeguards are in place.
Not that:
Leave fueling vehicles and equipment unattended.
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Concrete & Asphalt
Do this:
Use stormwater drain covers and covered storage areas for materials and place drop cloths under equipment.
Not that:
Allow discharge of concrete slurry or asphalt into a stormwater drain, drainage ditch, or surface water.
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Use stormwater drain covers and covered storage areas for materials and place drop cloths under equipment.
Not that:
Allow discharge of concrete slurry or asphalt into a stormwater drain, drainage ditch, or surface water.
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General Industrial
Do this:
Place drip pans or absorbent materials beneath any process or activity with a potential to leak or spill contaminants.
Not that:
Load or unload in areas where spills and leaks can occur.
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Place drip pans or absorbent materials beneath any process or activity with a potential to leak or spill contaminants.
Not that:
Load or unload in areas where spills and leaks can occur.
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Landscaping
Do this:
Always follow manufacturer’s recommendations and directions for proper application of fertilizers and pesticides.
Not that:
Apply landscape chemicals when rain is predicted.
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Always follow manufacturer’s recommendations and directions for proper application of fertilizers and pesticides.
Not that:
Apply landscape chemicals when rain is predicted.
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Restaurants
Do this:
Contain fats, oils and grease and dispose of them in the garbage.
Not that:
Pour washwater out onto a parking lot, alley, or sidewalk.
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Contain fats, oils and grease and dispose of them in the garbage.
Not that:
Pour washwater out onto a parking lot, alley, or sidewalk.
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Salvage Facilities
Do this:
Remove all fluids from incoming vehicles, equipment, appliances, and any other salvage items and properly dispose of them.
Not that:
Pour any liquid waste down the storm drain.
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Remove all fluids from incoming vehicles, equipment, appliances, and any other salvage items and properly dispose of them.
Not that:
Pour any liquid waste down the storm drain.
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Vehicle Service & Maintenance
Do this:
Use drip pans to contain chemicals and clean up vehicle fluids immediately.
Not that:
Pour liquid waste down floor drains, sinks, or into a stormwater drain.
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Use drip pans to contain chemicals and clean up vehicle fluids immediately.
Not that:
Pour liquid waste down floor drains, sinks, or into a stormwater drain.
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