This site is sponsored by the Tippecanoe County Partnership for Water Quality, which seeks to partner with local, state, and federal government and other stakeholders to provide quality of life and protection of health, environment, and economy that our citizens desire and deserve as we serve as stewards of natural resources, system infrastructure, and public funds while solving stormwater and water quality issues. The Partnership consists of the following entities:
What's in the Stormwater?The water you swim, fish, wade, ski, and canoe in is not pure water. You might be surprised to discover the source of some of our most common water pollutants. Wanna point at "big business?" What if it's you? Could you be contributing to the contamination of the Wabash? Every drop of rain that falls in Tippecanoe County either ends up in a lake, pond or wetland, the groundwater, or the Wabash River. It's all part of the Hydrologic Cycle. This includes the rain that falls on your lawn, your roof, your driveway, your street, and your community. What gets added along its way to the river? Typically, stormwater runoff picks up fertilizers and herbicides from lawns, carwash soap from driveways, grease and oil from roads, mud from construction, bacteria from broken septic systems, and lots of other spilled or dumped contaminants, before reaching the Wabash River. |
De-Trash the Wabash!October 11, 2008 - Join with local groups and citizens to help clean up the Wabash River. Click here for more information. Report a Polluter!If you see someone dumping trash, oil, grease, or chemicals into a creek or a street drain, or if you see a construction site with no erosion control measures in place, or if you suspect someone of any type of illegal discharge to a surface water, ...report 'em. It's your water they're contaminating. |
Our PurposeAs a part of a coalition of local governments' National Pollution Discharge Elimination Stormwater Permit, this website is dedicated to improving water quality in our Wabash River as well as all the creeks and streams that feed it. If you are surprised to learn that you might be a source of contaminants, hopefully you will be equally surprised by how easy it is to improve water quality. Everyone can make a difference - from homeowners, to business owners, to developers, and especially kids. You can make a difference at home, at work, and at school. There are opportunities to volunteer, explore, learn and enjoy the incredible water resources we have in Tippecanoe County. |
Recycle and Materials ExchangeVisit the Indiana Recycle Home page to learn more about programs involving recycling and the Materials Exchange Program, which is an electronic bulletin board provided by IDEM’s Office of Pollution Prevention and Technical Assistance to aid in the dissemination of information on surplus and waste materials either available from or wanted by industrial and commercial entities. |
Fun Facts about StormwaterClick here to see some facts about stormwater...what might be in it, where it goes, and how you can do your part to protect our waterways. |
What do you know about Water?Take this quiz and see how much you know (or don't know) about our nations rivers and streams. |
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