Check out our video for ideas on how to keep our water clean. (Requires QuickTime).

Here are some helpful tips:

• Sweep it. Help keep pollution out of storm drains by sweeping extra fertilizer, grass clippings, and dirt onto your lawn instead of hosing it into the storm drains.
• Only rain in the drain. Only put rain in the drain. Don’t dump oil, chemicals, pet waste, or anything else. Especially in the fall, when we're busy raking leaves, make sure that they are swept off the street and are not blocking storm drains.
• Label it. Help get the clean water message out. Volunteer to label storm drains with reminder messages that storm drains lead to lakes and streams.

Additional ways to get the messege out

• Keep the Ours to Protect season calendar handy so the entire region is sending a consistent message.
• Place a link to the "Ours to Protect" program on your Web site.
• Check out the Ours to Protect calendar of events.
• Storm drain stenciling kits can be purchased at the following Web sites:
  • http://www.dasmanufacturing.com/ 
  • http://www.earthwater.org

Visit www.semcog.org for additional information.

For questions about the "Our Water. Our Future. Ours to Protect." program contact Iris Steinberg at steinberg@semcog.org or 313-961-4266.