The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Phase II program is required in Stark County by the Environmental Protection Agency in an attempt to protect our water supply. The Board of Stark County Commissioners would like to educate the public on the issue of storm water runoff and its management.
Please take a moment to answer the questions in the following survey. We will review all answers in order to determine the most effective ways to educate the public on storm water. We will also offer suggestions of easy practices that will help to prevent contamination of our water.
What can residents do to help keep our water clean?
- Clean up pet waste
- Recycle/use environmentally safe products
- Wash your car on the lawn or at a car wash
- Use fertilizers/pesticides sparingly and use organic products
- Dispose of household hazardous waste properly
- Maintain your septic system
- Don’t litter
Only 1% of all water is drinkable water. We are contaminating and polluting our water supply. Storm water runoff is precipitation from rain or snow that flows over the ground. As if flows, it can pick up debris, chemicals, dirt, and other pollutants and deposit them into a storm sewer system or waterbody. Anything that enters a storm sewer is discharged untreated into the waterbodies we use for swimming, fishing, and providing drinking water. For more information, return to the storm water page on this site.