Contributors to Storm Water Runoff

Pollutants in storm water runoff are substances that accumulate on paved - or impervious - surfaces during dry periods and are washed into waterways by rainfall:

• Oil, gas, grease and other residues from automobiles and gas stations, including cadmium from tires and asbestos from brake linings
• Metals such as copper, lead, and zinc from abandoned mines, industrial sites, building and paving materials, and industrial farms
• Animal and human waste from leaky sewage and septic systems
• Fertilizers and pesticides
• Sediments and soils washed from construction sites, farm fields, lawns and river banks
• Chemical spills and chloride used to de-ice roads
• TRASH, TRASH, TRASH...litter from the roads enters your creeks and streams