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Stormwater Information
Nonpoint source:
water pollution (storm water pollution) occurs when water runs
over land or through the ground, picks up contaminants and deposits them in
a water body or infiltrates to the groundwater.
According to the EPA, Nonpoint source pollution is, now, the leading source
of water quality degradation. Water quality degradation can have harmful effects
on drinking water supplies, recreation, fisheries, and wildlife.
The following are tips on how you can reduce your impact on storm water:
- Don’t dump anything
into storm drains dispose of hazardous waste through Seekonk’s waste
oil program and annual hazardous waste collection.
- Sweep up salt and sand
on your sidewalks after snowmelt. Don’t hose down driveways or sidewalks.
- Reduce fertilizer and
pesticide use or toxicity. When mowing the lawn, mulch lawn clippings to provide
a natural fertilizer.
- When watering lawn, don’t
over-spray. Water that runs off sidewalks and roadways carries contaminants
(oil, grease, and metals) into the drain system.
- Pick up litter or pet
waste. Waste ends up in our waste streams either directly or through storm
drains.
- Get involved in your
local watershed association (e.g. Mt. Hope Bay Shore Watershed, Ten Mile Watershed
Alliance).
- Maintain your septic
system Water ponding above your septic system during a storm can mean that
your system is breaking out. The break out can carry bacteria and viruses
with it.
- Divert runoff from pavement
to grassy, planted, or wooded areas of your property.
- When washing your car,
use phosphate free, non-petroleum based cleaning agents.
- If you see a suspicious
discharge to a water body or storm drain (catch basin, slotted manhole), contact
Seekonk’s Conservation Agent at (508) 336-2944 or Public Works (508)
336-7407.
- Inspect your vehicles
& equipment for leaking and damaged parts.
- Personal property should
not be connected to the storm drain system (i.e. downspouts, laundry hookups
or septic system).
REMEMBER: The Seekonk storm drain system does not provide any treatment for
the removal of pollutants;
anything that enters the system eventually reaches our waterways.
For more information please call
Public Works Dept Telephone: 508-336-7407
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