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Citizen Resources
What is Stormwater
Basic information on stormwater, stormwater pollution, and water resources
Map of America’s Polluted Waters
N.C. Resident’s Guide to Water Quality
What is a Watershed?
What is Stormwater Pollution?

Helping in The Household
Tips on what you can do at home to help the stormwater pollution problem
aPAWS Pet Scooper Directory
Buffer Rules & Private Property
Build a Raingarden!
How to Build a Bog Garden
Improving Water Quality in Your Own Backyard
Managing Stormwater at Home
Maintaining Buffers for Clean Water
Paintwise
Pooper Scooper Directory
Recipes for Alternative Household Products (Espanol)
Septic System Owners Guide
Water Quality: We All Play A Role

Organizations
The following organizations focus on polluted runoff issues, solutions, and information
Dale Earnhardt Legacy Forest ($10/tree)
DENR
NC Big Sweep
Home-A-Syst

Stormwater and Your Health
Find out how polluted runoff can have effects on your health
NC Recreational Water Monitoring
Recreational Water Illness

Kids Corner
Here are some great sites about polluted runoff for kids
Stormwater & You (PDF)
Bookmark – 10 Things You Can Do To Prevent Runoff Pollution (Espanol)
Can You Find the Pollution?
Discover Your Ecological Address
Drinking & Groundwater Activities (K-12)
Erosion & Pet Waste - Flash Videos
Harvesting Rain With A Cistern
Interactive Water Pollution Story
Non-Point Source Kid's Page (PDF)
Pollution Solution Workbook
River Basin Maps
Take The River Basin Quiz

Teachers
Stormwater resources to use in the classroom
2007 Youth Garden Grants
Atlanta Regional
Discover Stormwater
Drinking & Groundwater Activities (K-12)
Envirothon Community Service Learning Projects (Middle & High School)
It’s Our Water (High School)
Love-A-Tree
Office of EE
Order A Free Stormwater Video
Outdoor Classroom Grant Program (3x yearly reviews)
Pisgah Forest Institute
Polluted Runoff In Your Yard!
San Diego - Think Blue
Stormwater and Shellfish
Stormwater Management from a Watershed Perspective (videostream)
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NCDENR, Division of Water Quality

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