Puget Sound Starts Here - and 'here' is where we live. It's our backyard. It's our driveway. It's our neighborhood. It's our home. But what we do here is having a serious impact on our local waterways and ultimately Puget Sound.
Our actions pollute local waterways with yard chemicals, oil, grease, soap, and bacteria from pet waste and septic systems. When rainfall not absorbed by the ground flows over roads, sidewalks, driveways and yards, it pick ups these pollutants. This contaminated stormwater goes down storm drains and into ditches, emptying directly into streams, rivers, lakes and ending up in Puget Sound. Approximately 75% of the pollution in Puget Sound comes from stormwater runoff that starts in our neighborhoods.
Here are a few things each of us can do to help restore and protect our local waterways:
