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What Can You Do?

What can we do to improve the infiltration of groundwater?

 

 

  • Join the Southwest Michigan Water Quality Partnership by clicking here!
  • Use and encourage others to use Low Impact Development 
  • Direct your downspouts onto grass or other soft ground, away from pavement
  • Vegetate bare spots in your yard
  • Plant native, drought tolerant, erosion-controlling ground covers instead of lawns to reduce pesticide, herbicide, and fertilizer runoff.  For more information on using native plants visit http://www.for-wild.org/

 

 

What can we do to reduce pollution of our stormwater?

This page last updated on 1/7/2008.

7 Steps to Cleaner Water

  1. Pick up after your pet and throw the waste in the garbage.
  2. Take your car to the car wash instead of washing it in the driveway.
  3. Check for and fix leaks in mechanical equipment.
  4. NEVER dump anything down storm drains.  Take all unwanted chemicals, paint, oil, etc, to designated collection sites.
  5. Use fertilizers sparingly and sweep up driveways, sidewalks, and roads.
  6. Maintain your septic system every 3-4 years.
  7. Compost your yard waste.
 
 
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