New york State DEC

• Stormwater pollution number one threat arin storm takes all dirt into oceans and rivers and everywhere

• Storm water is the number 1 polluter
• Water is used by plants or
• Water stored in aquifers
• Water picks up soil germs and almost everything
• Contaminants end up in waterways and estuaries
• Impermeable surfaces  water goes to an estuarine
• Water gets on surface it travels very quickly
• Salt products accumulate and leaves behind salt when snow melts
• Green infrastructure solutions
• Systems for storing salt
• Too much of salt is not good
• 1 pound phosphorous is 500 pound of algae
• Almost everything you throw out goes into the bay or other waters, like car tires
• This kills a lot of wildlife
• Kills salt washes and burns grass
• These kill turtles 🙁
• 85% of garbage goes to the ocean
• Major cities and rural neighborhoods alike are affected by big storms
• New york suffers from Stormwater
• Gravity belt thickener
• Polymer blending nits
• Operation SPLASH cleans waterways
• Take dirt and poor water onto the dirt it will go to the beach Anything on a mountain does so
• Pure rain is good, but it gets polluted and that makes it harmful to the environment
• The trash is really small usually
• Raingardens are nature imitations and they direct rain to them so they can put it in plants which clean the water
• Hydrangeas and Black Eyed Susans are recommended
• Ferns work well as rain guards
• Raingardens captures water the water then soaks into the ground
• If too much water it goes to the dam but just water

These are my note that I took. I proud of this beucase I was really focused when I wrote this and it was fun to do.