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WHERE IT ALL ENDS
Our oceans and lakes are being taxed to their limits. We need to rethink the way we currently manage urban runoff.
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HARM TO AQUATIC LIFE
In Southern California pollutants and toxins including 130,000 tons of suspended solids( oils, grease, and heavy metals), 2,200 tons of nitrates, 120 tons of zinc, 35 lbs. of diazinon, and multiple bacteria make our ocean uninhabitable for most amphibians, shellfish and fish.
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Residential Development |
Costly stormwater diversion systems are put in by developers and municipalities, only to have runoff problems heightened downstream. |
CONCENTRATED URBAN HARDSCAPES
As urban development progresses, natural fields are paved and water diverted causes greater risk of flooding and contamination.
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Ocean pollution
Runoff is discharged to our lakes and oceans, causing beaches to be closed, lost revenues, and degradation to all marine life.
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BUILDUP OF HARMFUL SEDIMENTS
When sediments settle out, they can cover or destroy important habitats such as spawning beds or submerged aquatic vegetation.
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floodings
The most dramatic consequence of increases in the volume of stormwater runoff is flooding and property damage.
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improper filtering procedures
Most current runoff procedures do very little in stopping harmful contaminants from entering our waterways and oceans.
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A TAXPAYER BURDEN
Costly stormwater systems do not solve the problem; they only send trash, pollutants and harmful bacteria to other areas along the watershed.
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