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Keep Our Drinking Water Free of Lawn Pesticides & Herbicides
Lawn pesticides and herbicides contain chemicals (i.e. alkylphenols) that, when used properly, can protect your plants and home from pests. When these chemicals are overused or disposed of improperly, they can pollute our drinking water…
Why You Should Keep Grass Clippings Out of the Street
As the growing season gets into full swing, your lawn is going to grow quickly. It is important to practice sustainable lawn care for both the health of the grass and the quality of our…
Use Lawn Chemicals Wisely!
Choose wisely…right chemical, right time, right place, right pest. Lawn chemicals are the fertilizers, herbicides, and insecticides used in every day lawn and garden care. When those chemicals are applied incorrectly, they can have many…
Maintaining Good Water Quality for All
All water is connected. Storm drains and watersheds carry rainwater directly into local lakes, rivers, and groundwater. These become community sources of drinking water. It’s time to start paying attention to the things that affect…
Clean Storm Drains are Important to Our Drinking Water Quality
Local lakes and rivers are often the only drinking water sources for the communities surrounding them. Storm drains are rainwater expressways leading directly to our lakes and rivers, so it’s important to pay attention to…
A Sweeping Solution to Stormwater Pollution
There’s a surprisingly simple and proven solution to stormwater pollution. When it rains in urbanized places like parking lots and paved streets, instead of soaking into the ground, stormwater runs off these impermeable — essentially…
Keep Storm Drains Clean and Free of Debris
Storm drains and watersheds are rainwater expressways leading directly into our lakes and rivers. Unwanted pollutants such as trash, leaves, fertilizers and pesticides, pet waste, household cleaners, oils, grease, paint, and many more – referred…
Icy Pavements or Sidewalks? Think Before You Salt.
Water pollution from salt (or chlorides) is widespread and can come from multiple sources including excess use of deicers during winter maintenance. As little as a single teaspoon of salt can pollute five gallons of…
Use Less Deicing Salt
Why Using Less Deicing Salt Helps Keep Our Water Clean and Safe Salt (or chlorides) is toxic to Minnesota’s aquatic life. As snow and ice melt off hard surfaces, it runs into storm drains that…
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