How Washing Your Car at Home Impacts Waterways
May 20, 2022
Be mindful when washing your car at home. The dirty car wash water can flow into storm drains and contaminate local rivers and streams.
Be mindful when washing your car at home. The dirty car wash water can flow into storm drains and contaminate local rivers and streams.
To stay safe this winter, consider these winter clean-up tips for taking care of snow and ice on sidewalks, driveways, and fire hydrants.
To efficiently clear snowfall, plows start with high priority roadways before clearing residential streets.
Winter driving can be dangerous. Stay safe on the roads this winter by practicing these smart winter driving habits.
There’s a connection between fall leaves, stormwater systems, and the health of local waterways–and it has a lot to do with storm drains.
As rain falls and flows through piles of leaves, nutrients quickly leach out of leaves and end up in nearby rivers and streams.
To protect our rivers, it’s important to prevent fall leaves from getting into the street and into storm drains.
Invasive plants like cattails and phragmites can make your neighborhood detention pond less effective at managing stormwater.
Shoreline erosion is a common problem with detention basins. The loose sediment can make the water murky and feed algae.
Inlet and outlet structures of stormwater detention ponds need to be clear to prevent flooding in your neighborhood.
Stormwater detention basins in your neighborhood help to reduce flooding. Your actions can impact how well they manage stormwater.
A native buffer, or strip of native vegetation, can be added around the shoreline to restore a deteriorating detention pond.
Learn the purpose of your neighborhood detention pond and how to know when it needs maintenance to stay functional and attractive.