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How Vehicle Maintenance Affects Streams
How Litter and Trash Affects Streams
How Pet Waste Affects Streams
How Yard Waste Affects Streams
How Pesticides Affect Streams
How Household Chemicals Affect Streams
Keep Grease Out of Drains
What’s a Floodplain?
Enviroscape demo: Learn about Water Pollution
Rain Garden in a Bottle
Build a rain garden in a bottle to see how plants and soil filter out pollutants from stormwater.
Enviroscape Demonstration
Get students involved in stormwater through the Enviroscape demonstration that shows how stormwater runoff carries pollution to streams, lakes, and rivers.
Clay Watershed Model
Build a clay watershed model to learn how water flows over hills and through neighborhoods into a stream, creek or river every time it rains.
Where Does Rain Go?
A storm drain and sidewalk mural on Sutton Drive in Raleigh.
Did you know that when it rains, water picks up all types of pollution that flows to streets and storm drains? This includes:
- Trash;
- Pet waste;
- Fertilizer;
- Pesticides;
- Motor oil and gasoline; and,
- Sediment or mud.
Do your part to make sure only rain goes down the drain! Pick up your trash and report water pollution. You'll help keep our waterways clean.
Find Your Watershed
Walnut Creek in Raleigh.
There are 36 different watersheds in Raleigh. Find out which one you live in. Then, sign up for community service to help protect and keep your neighborhood beautiful.
Community Service
Two volunteers cleaning up a stream in Laurel Hills Park.
We offer a variety of stormwater volunteer programs. They range from volunteering for a day or for several years - you can choose what's best for you!
