Make good choices for water quality
Keep water on your land

• Direct gutter downspouts to vegetated areas rather than pavement
• Irrigate efficiently to avoid runoff from your yard
• Minimize pavement to allow water to soak into the ground

• Use certified organic or natural fertilizers if necessary
• Reduce fertilizer application rates to half as much, half as often
  as recommended on the bag
• Use pesticides as a last resort
• Never use lawn chemicals before rain is expected
• Plant or mulch bare spots to prevent erosion

• Store chemicals properly
• Maintain your car to prevent leaks
• Recycle used motor oil at gas stations
• Drop off excess chemicals at the Household Hazardous Waste
  facility (974-4343 )

• Avoid littering
• Don’t put yard waste or trash in a gutter or stormdrain
• Clean up after your pet to reduce bacteria in our creeks