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When
it rains in the City of San Luis Obispo, do you know where the water
is collected?
Storm water runoff does not go to treatment plants as
one might think. Instead, storm water drains
into the City's curbs and
gutters, pipes,
open channels and other types of community retention basins, such as
parks, local lakes and
creeks. Remember,
You are the Solution to Storm Water Pollution!
The City's Storm Water
Program has been created to help educate the
community on environmental regulations. San Luis
Obispo works with state and federal regulators to make
sure residents, businesses, contractors and the general
public know the effect of storm water drainage and how
they can help reduce the number of pollutants that enter
the storm drain system. As part of this effort,
the City offers free training seminars in what are
called Best Management Practices s throughout the year
to certain target industries (i.e. automotive,
construction , food services, janitorial services,
pressure washing and etcetera).
For a current list of
up-coming free seminars by industry please
click here!
There are numerous
pollutants of concern (POCs)
that enter our waterways and the more common ones along
with a brief overview of their adverse impacts are
detailed on an informational fact sheet that can be
accessed by
clicking here!
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