Managing Healthy Water
It all goes away…
The Waste Water Treatment System
Sanitary Sewers
The Waste Water Treatment System
Storm Sewers
Combined Sewer and Storm Water Systems
Non-Point-Source & Point-Source Pollution
The Clean Water Act
Separate Storm Water Systems
Sanitary Sewer Ins / Influent
Storm Water Sewer Ins / Influent
Sanitary and Storm Sewer Outs / Effluent
Phosphorous
Herbicides
Prescription Drugs
Prescription Drugs
Over-the-Counter Drugs
Naturally Occurring Challenges
The Waste Water Treatment Plant’s Role
The Community’s Role
Rain Barrels
Rain Barrels Benefits
Rain Gardens
Why Rain Gardens?
Beautiful & Native Rain Garden Plants
Prescription Drug Disposal
General Water Conservation
Acknowledgments
• Lindsey Grimm, Licking County Recycling
• Northeast Ohio Public Involvement Public Education Committee
• Rusty Schmidt, URS Corp. • US Department of Agriculture,
Natural Resource Conservation Service
• US Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration, Office of Diversion Control
• US Food and Drug Administration, Consumer Health Information
Contact Us to Learn More
Licking County Soil and Water Conservation District (740) 670-5330 or [email protected]
•Purchase a Rain Barrel
•Schedule a water conservation class including:
•Build a Rain Barrel Workshop
•Rain Garden Demonstration Workshop
•Stream Team Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Training
Keep Up the Good Work