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.aspx?width=48&height=111) I Can Make a Difference
.aspx?width=250&height=188) As stormwater flows over driveways, lawns, and sidewalks, it picks up debris, chemicals, dirt, and other pollutants. Stormwater can flow into a storm sewer system or directly to a lake, stream, river, wetland, or coastal water. Anything that enters a storm sewer system is discharged untreated into the water bodies we use for swimming, fishing, and providing drinking water.
Where Does It Go? provides visual examples and gives simple tips that eveyone can follow to help keep the New River and other waterways free of pollution. Solution to Pollution
Learn more ways that you can make a difference. Website resources on sound environmental practices and stormwater education
The City of Jacksonville is Working for Positive Change - View G10TV Production Videos on Stormwater Education and Efforts
Riverworks at Sturgeon City
2011 New River Roundtable, Recyclable Trash
Pet Station- Picking Up After Your Pet is Easy
2010 - Fishing on the New River
Stomwater Runoff & Pollution
Polluted runoff is the nation’s greatest threat to clean water. By practicing healthy household habits, homeowners can keep common pollutants like pesticides, pet waste, grass clippings, and automotive fluids off the ground and out of stormwater. Adopt these healthy household habits and help protect lakes, streams, rivers, wetlands, and coastal waters.
New River Riverkeepers
Remember to share the habits with your neighbors! You can also build a rain garden in the low lying areas in your yard or install a rain barrel to help filter stormwater runoff before it enters our storm drainage system. These are two types of BMPs, or Best Management Practices, that can filter the pollutants associated with stormwater runoff.
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