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Pet owners have a responsibility to pick up after their animals. It not only is a neighborhood nuisance but a potential polluter of our waterways.
Pet Waste can lead to the following negative effects:
1. Eutrophication of our water systems causing. The release of nutrients from the waste promotes weed and algae growth.
2. Enough bacteria make water unsafe for drinking and swimming.
3. When the waste washes into our lakes and rivers, the waste decays and uses up oxygen and releases ammonia. Low oxygen levels and ammonia combined with warm temperatures can kill fish and other aquatic life.
Follow these three simple rules to protect our area water quality:
A. Take a bag with you to properly collect the pet waste.
B. Dispose of waste in trash, flushing it down the toilet or composting the waste by buring it.
C. Only Rain Down the Drain
If you would like to print information about pet waste in your community's news letter click here.
Sources:http://www.stormwatercenter.net/Pollution_Prevention_Factsheets/AnimalWasteCollection.htm
http://www.des.state.nh.us/coastal/scoopthepoop.htm
www.mass.gov/dep/images/petwaste.pdf
