Stormwater

Stormwater is the water from rain, sleet and snow (even in Southern Utah), that travels down our gutters into the storm drain. Storm water starts off clean and flows DIRECTLY into our rivers, washes and lakes. It is almost never treated…so everything stormwater collects from the land surface, roadways, sidewalks, parking lots, construction sites, business parks, etc., is carried to gutters, storm drains, canals, drainageways, and finally ends up in our local washes and rivers. It is estimated that more than one-half of the pollution in our nation's waterways comes from storm water runoff.

Useful Links

• Southwest Utah Stormwater Coalition
• Utah Department of Water Quality
• EPA NPDES Stormwater Program