AWARE Colorado, addressing water and natural resource education

AWARE Colorado, making the connection between land use and water quality for local officials
Simple household activities can have a negative impact on Colorado's water quality:
  • Improperly disposing of motor oil
  • Overusing lawn and garden products
  • Leaving pet waste on the ground

Rain, snowmelt and overwatering move these household-generated pollutants to rivers, lakes and streams. This polluted runoff has a major impact on water quality.

While activities in and around our individual homes may contribute only small amounts of pollutants, they all add up to larger pollution problems in our watersheds.

To learn more, click here (PDF).
Visit the Nonpoint Source Colorado Web site
for information about the Colorado nonpoint source program.

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e-newsletter click here.
For information about where to dispose of household hazardous waste
in your community visit Earth 911.
How You Can Conserve AND Protect Colorado's Water
This page last modified on
6/13/08
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