Managing Healthy Water

It all goes away…

The Waste Water Treatment System

Sanitary Sewers

The Waste Water Treatment System

Storm Sewers

Combined Sewer and Storm Water Systems

Non-Point-Source & Point-Source Pollution

The Clean Water Act

Separate Storm Water Systems

Sanitary Sewer Ins / Influent

Storm Water Sewer Ins / Influent

Sanitary and Storm Sewer Outs / Effluent

Phosphorous

Herbicides

Prescription Drugs

Prescription Drugs

Over-the-Counter Drugs

Naturally Occurring Challenges

The Waste Water Treatment Plant’s Role

The Community’s Role

Rain Barrels

Rain Barrels Benefits

Rain Gardens

Why Rain Gardens?

Beautiful & Native Rain Garden Plants

Prescription Drug Disposal

General Water Conservation

Acknowledgments

• Lindsey Grimm, Licking County Recycling

• Northeast Ohio Public Involvement Public Education Committee

• Rusty Schmidt, URS Corp. • US Department of Agriculture,

Natural Resource Conservation Service

• US Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration, Office of Diversion Control

• US Food and Drug Administration, Consumer Health Information

Contact Us to Learn More

Licking County Soil and Water Conservation District (740) 670-5330 or information@lickingswcd.com

•Purchase a Rain Barrel

•Schedule a water conservation class including:

•Build a Rain Barrel Workshop

•Rain Garden Demonstration Workshop

•Stream Team Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Training

Keep Up the Good Work