Does this stormwater get treated at the wastewater plant?
No, stormwater collected in the storm sewer system drains untreated into the nearest natural water source. The water that sheds from your roof, lawn, driveway, and the streets carries the fertilizers from your yard or the oil and debris from your driveway and discharges these pollutants into the surrounding streams, rivers, or lakes.

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1. What is Stormwater runoff?
2. Where are storm drains?
3. What is the difference between a storm sewer and a sanitary sewer?
4. Does this stormwater get treated at the wastewater plant?
5. What kind of pollution is in stormwater runoff?
6. What about Bacteria?
7. Is blowing lawn clippings down the storm drain or placing them in the wetland area behind my house a bad thing? Don’t they work like mulch or compost?
8. What is a BMP?
9. What can I do to help prevent stormwater pollution?