Clean water is what keeps our planet alive. Pollutants can harm fish and wildlife populations, kill native vegetation, foul drinking water supplies, and make recreational areas unsafe and unpleasant.
In some way every person contributes to polluting our watershed and in nearly every case we can help keep our water clean simply by making a few small adjustments.
Understanding more about Stormwater Runoff will help you to become informed so you can do your part to help keep our water clean.Polluted stormwater runoff can have many adverse effects on plants, fish, animals, and people.
Want to know how our Eco-System works? Here are some fun ways to learn.
- Take the STORMWATER CHALLENGE!
- Protecting
water quality from urban runoff
- We all live downstream
Additional Links
Here is an interactive map from the EPA listing, Superfund
sites, hazardous waste, toxic releasers and water discharges.
Flood hazard, toxic waste and topography map
The Environmental
Protection Agency web site contains an enormous amount of
information regarding almost any environmental topic.