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Please don’t pollute: drains to Mississippi River

by MSR News Online
June 14, 2014
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The Mississippi River flows quietly through our hometown and most of us would never intentionally pollute it. But all it takes is one big rain, and the stuff on the streets — pop bottles, dirt, oil — spills down the storm drains and right into the river.

Renisha Gray, youth manager for Emerge, says that protecting storm drains from litter is important. A nonprofit dedicated to creating workforce and housing programs, Emerge partnered with Hennepin County for a recent beautification project — employing youth street crews to stencil messages on storm drains throughout North Minneapolis.

The stencil message — “Please Don’t Pollute: Drains to Mississippi River” — is a reminder that storm water run-off doesn’t go to a waste water facility to be filtered and cleaned.

“They know now that when I put that pop bottle on the ground, it gets in the drain and goes into the river,” Gray says. “When we put that trash in the river, it affects all the animals, the fish and the turtles. That stuff goes down to New Orleans and goes into the ocean.”

Keeping our streets and storm drains clean is part of a strategy to improve the quality of Minnesota’s lakes rivers and streams.

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To learn more about actions you can take to protect our land and water, go to http://www.hennepin.us/naturalresources.

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This information was provided by Hennepin County Environmental Services Environmental Education & Outreach.

 

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