Environmental Tip #45
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DID YOU KNOW that untreated runoff from stormwater rushes off of impervious surfaces, such as roads, parking lots, driveways, sidewalks, and rooftops, and is channeled to local streams, creeks, rivers, and ultimately the Chesapeake Bay? The speed and volume of the stormwater can cause flooding and erosion.
Stormwater runoff also collects many different pollutants that are found on lawns and paved surfaces, such as sediment, fertilizers, pesticides, bacteria, oil and grease, soap, pet waste, and trash. These pollutants are carried into our waterways, making them unfit for human recreation, fouling drinking water supplies, and damaging fish and wildlife populations and the native vegetation they depend on.
Always remember that what we do on land affects the Corsica River and the Chesapeake Bay – www.corsicariver.com