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Kids Get Involved with Stormwater
Tim Grover, Water Pollution Control Supt.
The
Water Pollution Control Department gave a Stormwater presentation to the kids involved in the Summer Parks and
Recreation Program at Landry Park On August 8th. In all, over 30 kids and councilors participated. A general discussion on Stormwater was given, followed by a
video from the Lake Champlain Committee called Clean Streets Clean
Streams.
Afterwards, the older kids helped stencil Storm Drains in the area
around Landry Park. The message was “NO DUMPING DRAINS TO RIVER” and
the symbol of a fish was also on the stencil. This is a public awareness
project done to remind people that only rain should go down the storm
drains, and nothing should be dumped in them such as trash, household
and automotive fluids, pet waste & yard waste.
The kids learned that rain running off the streets goes through the
Storm Drains and directly into our rivers, brooks and into Lake
Champlain. After Stenciling, handouts were distributed to the kids. They
received Bookmarkers, cool stickers made by kids and a stormwater crossword
puzzle.
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