What
is Stormwater Runoff?
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Stormwater
Runoff Defined
What
Do You Know?
Nonpoint
and Source Source Pollution
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Stormwater
runoff carries many substances that pollute our waters.
Some
substances,
including pesticides, fertilizers, oil, industrial waste, and soap,
are harmful in any quantity.
In
sufficient quantities, others, including sediment runoff from construction
sites, bare soil, agricultural land, pet waste, grass clippings and
leaves can harm creeks, rivers and lakes .
Runoff
from various human activities such as lawn watering, car washing,
and malfunctioning septic tank can also pollute land and surface waters.
Some
of this stormwater runoff eventually ends up in our rivers, sounds
and the ocean with devastating results.
It
is not just fish that are impacted!
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