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It’s the onlysubstance allowedin a storm drain.
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What is rain & snow melt? or
What is naturally occurring stormwater runoff?
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Grandma was right, this non-toxic solution cleans and shines almost any
surface.
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What is vinegar?
HOMEMADE SOLUTIONS TO PREVENT POLLUTION:
Glass cleaner: one part vinegar, four parts water, dry with newspaper
Scouring powder: baking soda and salt
Mildew remover: spray undiluted vinegar on surface, wait 30 minutes, scrub with hot water
Disinfectant: rubbing alcohol
Whitening agent: borax
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It’s the best way toavoid fuel spills at
the gas station.
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What is ‘Don’t Top Off?
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It’s how high you should mow your lawn to promote
root growth, shade out weeds, and minimize the
need for fertilizer and water.
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What is three inches?
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A specific group of “Best Management Practices”
(BMPs) to prevent surface water pollution during construction activities
requiring significant earth disturbance.
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What is Soil ErosionAnd
Sedimentation Control?
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A system of pipes that transports rain water directly to local lakes, rivers, and streams.
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What is a storm sewer system?
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It’s the term for an area that drains to a common stream, lake, or wetland.
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What is a Watershed?or
What is a Drainage Basin?
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The State of Nebraska has 23 main watersheds.
A watershed (also known as a drainage basin) may be large or small. It is a geographical feature on the landscape where rain, snow and other precipitation collect and then drain to a common body of water (like a river, stream, ditch, wetland) and/or sink into the earth to become ground water.
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It is the number one threat to our nation’s surface
waters.
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What is Runoff?
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Movement of soil particles often caused by storm water runoff, wind, or
construction.
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What is Soil Erosion?
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Typically planted with native vegetation, this permanent storm water quality storage area also
provides pollution removal through infiltration.
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What is a Rain Garden?
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It’s a pet product that is also great for soaking up
spilled motor oil, antifreeze, and other fluids.
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What is kitty litter?
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It’s the correct way to clean soil off of a
paved area.
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What is Sweeping?
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It’s the best place to wash your car if you can’t
take it to a car wash facility.
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The wash water at the car wash facility is treated before it is released to the sanitary sewer system where the water is further cleaned at the waste water treatment facility before it is returned to our streams. Additionally, most commercial car wash facilities use 60% less water in the entire washing process than simply rinsing you car at home.
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What is your yard?
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If you do wash your car at home:
• Wash it on gravel, grass, or other permeable surfaces.• Use plain water with a coarse sponge or biodegradable soaps.• Use a trigger nozzle on your hose or a bucket to conserve water.
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It’s what you need to do with pet waste.
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What is bag it and throw it in the trash?
orFlush it down the
toilet?
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A category of products from your home that
require special collection and disposal.
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What is household hazardous waste?
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Household hazardous waste materials can be taken to the Hazardous Waste facility, so contact you local landfill for the best place to get rid of it!
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It’s the most common pollutant in runoff from
residential areas.
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What is fertilizer?
When using a fertilizer remember to:
• Choose a slow-release, low-phosphorus fertilizer.
• Follow package instructions, and use sparingly and caringly.
• Sweep, don’t hose excess back onto lawn.
• Never fertilize when rain is expected – your time and money will literally be washed down the drain!
• Leave grass clippings on the lawn.
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Just four quarts of this can form an eight-acre slick if dumped down
a storm drain.
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What is motor oil?
RULE OF THUMB:
Don’t dump it if youwouldn’t drink it.
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Besides heavy rain and sprinkler/hose use, it’s
another major source of water that picks up
pollutants before entering the storm drain.
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What is snow melt?
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It’s a fluid required to run your automobile that can be purchased in either a highly toxic or a safer/
less-toxic variety.
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What is antifreeze?
Traditional ethylene glycol antifreeze is highly toxic. It is especially hazardous for children and animals, who are attracted to its sweet taste. Antifreeze made of propylene glycol is safer around children and animals (it has no sweet taste, but still keep it out of reach), and is less toxic for the environment. Plus, it is just as effective as traditional ethylene glycol antifreeze. Propylene glycol antifreeze is readily available at most auto stores and repair shops.
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Choosing native plants can reduce or eliminate
the need to use this highly toxic substance.
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What are pesticides?
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What is a Catchbasin or Storm Drain Inlet
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What is a Rain Barrel?
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A rain barrel collects and stores rainwater from your rooftop for later use in watering your lawn and garden.
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What is Silt Fence?
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What is an Outfall?
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Who is Walter Walleye?
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Be the Solution to Stormwater _____________.
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What is Pollution?
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“Only Rain down the __________.”
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What is Drain?
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“Stormwater: Keep it Clean ‘cause we’re all
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What is downstream?
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The Slogan is attributed to the “Keep It Clean Partnership”. The “Keep it Clean Partnership” is a partnership of Colorado communities in the Boulder and St. Vrain watersheds, and includes Boulder County; the cities of Boulder, Longmont, and Louisville; and the towns of Erie and Superior.
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Fertilize _________and caringly.
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What is Sparingly?
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Slogan attributed to Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG)
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Our Water, Our__________.
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What is Responsibility?
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Slogan of NebraskaH2O Stormwater Cooperative