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WHAT CAN WE DO TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT?
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WHAT CAN WE DO TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT? Adriana Cillo - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
WHAT CAN WE DO TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT? Adriana Cillo - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
WHAT CAN WE DO TO PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT? Adriana Cillo Educational Programs Coordinator 1 WHAT DOES BWSC DO? DELIVERS CLEAN WATER TO BOSTON RESIDENTS REMOVES WASTEWATER MANAGES STORMWATER CLEAN WATER COMES FROM: QUABBIN
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WHAT DOES BWSC DO?
- DELIVERS CLEAN WATER TO BOSTON
RESIDENTS
- REMOVES WASTEWATER
- MANAGES STORMWATER
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CLEAN WATER COMES FROM:
65 miles west of Boston 35 miles west of Boston Quabbin, Wachusett and Ware River-capacity of about 477 billion gallons.
QUABBIN RESERVOIR WACHUSETT RESERVOIR
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WATER SOURCES TO BOSTON
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WAYS WE USE WATER
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WHERE WASTEWATER GOES?
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Cool it. Can it. Trash it.
FATS, OIL, AND GREASE = FOG
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WHAT YOU FLUSH MATTERS.
Not a Trash Can It’s Just a Toilet
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KEEP WIPES OUT OF PIPES! They belong in the trash! Not in the toilet!
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WHERE DOES WASTEWATER GO?
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WHERE DOES WASTEWATER GO?
Wastewater goes to Deer Island Treatment Plant
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TREATED WATER THEN GOES …….
Deer Island Treatment Plant
Massachusetts Bay
Outfall Tunnel, 9.5 miles out- 250 feet below the ocean floor
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WHAT IS STORMWATER?
Melted Snow and Rain
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WHERE DOES STORMWATER GO?
Water from rain and snow melt
- n roof tops and on the ground,
picks up everything on the ground.
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HELP TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, OUR WATERS, OUR FISH, OUR ENVIRONMENT
RECYC LE
CLEAN THE STORM DRAINS
PICK UP
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WHERE DOES STORMWATER GO?
The water then flows into storm drains and catch basins.
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STORMWATER POLLUTION
What Can We Do?
- Pick up lawn clippings and leaves
- Repair fluid leaks from vehicles
- Reduce the use of lawn and garden
chemicals
- Clean catch basins and storm drains
AND…
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WHAT CAN WE DO?
SCOOP THE POOP!
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WHERE DOES STORMWATER GO?
Charles River Neponset River Mystic River Boston Harbor
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